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Filed on June 3, 2021
Four-time Grand Slam winner, Japanese tennis wonder and reigning Australian and US Open champion Naomi Osaka didn’t want to engage with the press due to her depression and social anxiety and everyone immediately thought the sky is falling.
It’s not.
In an Instagram note, Osaka wrote, “The truth is that I have suffered long bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018. And I have had a really hard time coping with that. Anyone that knows me knows I’m introverted and anyone that has seen me at the tournaments will notice that I’m often wearing headphones as that helps dull my social anxiety.”