"She's wondering what kind of country allows the unvaccinated crowd to attend matches but a player who has won 21 Grand Slams can’t" - Novak Djokovic fans bombard US Open's tweet on Naomi Osaka

A social media post about Naomi Osaka took an unexpected turn as fans of Novak Djokovic used it to once again express their disappointment at the Serb's entry restriction into the United States for the 2022 US Open. The post in question was from the US Open's Twitter account, which was intended to create buzz for Osaka's appearance at the Major.

Naomi Osaka posed for a picture during her practice session at Arthur Ashe Stadium in preparation for a third title at the Grand Slam tournament in New York City. The US Open posted a picture of the Japanese superstar and asked fans to come up with ideas for what Osaka would use as a caption for the photo.

While Osaka's fans used it to try and manifest a fifth Grand Slam title for the Japanese player, others used it as a medium to express their views on Djokovic's US Open controversy.

"She’s wondering: what kind of country is this that allows the unvaccinated crowd to attend the matches but a player who has won 21 Grand Slams can’t," read one tweet in response to the US Open's post.

As things stand, time is running out for Djokovic to receive an exemption from the vaccine mandate in the United States. The US Open draw is scheduled for Thursday, while the main draw matches start on Monday, August 29.

Here are a few more reactions from tennis fans to the US Open's tweet about Naomi Osaka:

Naomi Osaka expresses desire to play mixed doubles at US Open 2022

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Naomi Osaka recently took to Twitter to state that she is interested in participating in mixed doubles at the 2022 US Open. Osaka said that she had never played a full mixed doubles match in her career, but was eager to give the format a shot.

She also admitted, however, that she was afraid of letting her partner down due to her inexperience with mixed doubles tennis.

"I kinda want to play mixed doubles in US Open cause I’ve never played a full match in my life but I’m also very afraid of letting my partner down," Naomi Osaka wrote in a Twitter post.

Meanwhile, in singles tennis, Osaka is in the midst of a rough patch, having won just two of her last seven matches on the WTA tour. Osaka is also on a three-match losing streak currently; she lost in the first round of both the Canadian Open (by walkover in the second set) and the Cincinnati Open, after a second-round exit at the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose.

At the US Open last year, Osaka lost 7-5, 6-7, 4-6 in the third round to eventual finalist Leylah Fernandez. But the Japanese player knows what it takes to triumph in New York, having won the title there in both 2018 and 2020.