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Osaka lights Olympic cauldron in Tokyo, three women’s tennis players bear their country’s flags

WTA players Petra Kvitova, Jelena Ostapenko and Veronika Cepede had the honor of being flag bearers for their countries during Friday’s opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, while Naomi Osaka was the star of the evening as the athlete chosen to light the Olympic cauldron.

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