The four-time Grand Slam champion introduced her pledge in response to the 7.2-magnitude quake that struck the impoverished nation on Saturday, killing at the least 304 folks and injuring lots of.
“Actually hurts to see all of the devastation that is occurring in Haiti, and I really feel like we actually cannot catch a break,” Osaka stated on Twitter.
“I am about to play a match this week and I am going to give all of the prize cash to reduction efforts for Haiti. I do know our ancestors blood is robust we’ll maintain rising.”
World quantity two Osaka, whose mom is Japanese and who performs below the Japanese flag, has used her platform to name consideration to the causes she cares about.
She wore masks ultimately 12 months’s U.S. Open with the names of victims of police violence on them.
Osaka is seeded second on the match in Cincinnati, which runs from Aug. 14 to Aug. 22.
