Naomi Osaka to donate prize earnings to Haiti earthquake relief efforts

Tennis star, who is of Haitian and Japanese descent, will play in the Western and Southern Open, which has a $255,220 prize

The tennis star Naomi Osaka has announced that she will donate prize earnings from her next tournament to support relief efforts in Haiti, where a 7.2 magnitude earthquake killed at least 1,297 people over the weekend and injured more than 5,700.

Osaka, who is of Haitian and Japanese descent, made the announcement on Twitter on Sunday.