Naomi Osaka was in shock at first, then cried upon replaying video messages she received from Trayvon Martin‘s mom and Ahmaud Arbery‘s dad at the U.S. Open on Tuesday night.
Osaka said she tried really hard not to shed tears when, in an interview after her quarterfinal win, ESPN showed her taped messages from Sybrina Fulton and Marcus Arbery Sr.
Osaka came to the U.S. Open with seven face masks, one for each round should she make the final, each with a name written across it in memory of a victim of racial injustice.