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To: muggs

In tennis scoreboards, there’s a little Japanese flag next to her name. She’s registered by the Japan Tennis Association, despite also holding American citizenship.


64 posted on 09/09/2018 2:42:17 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/tennis/with-energy-of-a-new-yorker-japans-naomi-osaka-reaches-us-open-semifinals/2018/09/05/9e3e7034-b12e-11e8-9a6a-565d92a3585d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c3aeb21a8600

She did because of the money. I would have done the same. The article doesn't make that clear and from the comments many don't realize she is an American citizen and well as a Japanese

I guess either article could be right.

90 posted on 09/09/2018 6:27:01 PM PDT by muggs
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