FILE PHOTO: Aug 29, 2020; Flushing Meadows, New York, USA; Naomi Osaka (JPN) with her 2nd place trophy on the court during the awards ceremony for singles champion Victoria Azarenka (BLR) in the Western & Southern Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Osaka withdrew from the Western & Southern Open final due to a left hamstring injury. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
NEW YORK (Reuters) - At the end of a week when Naomi Osaka brought the fight for racial justice to sport's front door, it seemed fitting that another great tennis pioneer Billie Jean King should hail her quiet successor for her "compassion, strength and leadership."
King was far from alone in being deeply impressed by the actions of the quiet young champion who announced she would forgo her semifinal match in the Western & Southern Open in protest at police brutality and racial injustice in the U.S.
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