MASON — Tennis star Naomi Osaka plans to donate her prize money from this week’s Western & Southern Open in Mason to earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.
Osaka, who is ranked No. 2 in the world, has a Haitian father and Japanese mother.
She tweeted her decision on Saturday to donate her prize money for relief efforts.
A deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region on Saturday.
The Western & Southern Open is considered a tune-up for the US Open, which begins Aug. 30 in New York.