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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Americans are sour losers!! ALWAYS blame on someone or something!! She lost dumb a$$.[/quote]

You do realize that Osaka holds American citizenship and has lived in the US for 17 years, while only living in Japan for three years.

I get that she has chosen to play under the Japanese flag, but she is as American as anyone else who is a citizen. You can't take that away from her. 
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Mom is Japanese, her dad is Haitian [/quote]

So is then the new young hope of US tennis Frances Tiafoe not American? He plays for the US flag, and was born here but his parents are definitely not US born. Is that what makes the difference that he was born here? Osaka's father moved to US to attend New York University, then to Japan then back to US. I presume he got US citizenship down the road, just as his daughters had. The reason Naomi and her sister play for Japan is that Japan gave them funds for tennis. USTA did not.[/quote]

I don't get this last comment. Is it a problem that people are pointing out that Naomi Osaka is of Haitian and Japanese ancestry, holds both Japanese and US passports, and spent most of her life growing up in the US? I think it's kind of cool.

In terms of funding, I read that the dad decided to have them play as Japanese. When you say USTA did not fund them, are you saying that they tried to get funding from USTA but were turned down? How is it decided who gets funding and who does not?
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Let's be clear. The mom's family didn't speak to her for YEARS because she got with a black man. They came to the US. The kids have the mom's last name to make it "easier" for them. They play for Japan because it was a business decision as noted above. They were raised int he US. Ironically, Dad purposely worked with Naomi in a similar fashion to Serena's father. Dad wasn't there during the match because he can't bear to watch it.[/quote]

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