Osaka giving up U.S. citizenship to play for Japan in 2020 Olympics - media

ByReuters

Published 10/10/2019 at 10:05 GMT

TOKYO, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka has taken steps to give up her U.S.

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citizenship to play for Japan in the 2020 Olympics, Japanese media said on Thursday.

The 21-year-old tennis star, whose parents are Haitian and Japanese, told NHK it will be special for her to represent host Japan at the Tokyo Games, the public broadcaster said.

(Reporting by Daniel Leussink Editing by William Mallard)

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