speaking to the media. now, she says she is taking time away. osaka chose not to speak to the press, she said, to preserve her mental health. tennis authorities find her and threatened disk orfor tennis authorities find her and threatened disk or for application. now, some feel the sport could learn lessons. ., now, some feel the sport could learn lessons. . ., ., , , ,, ., lessons. had the organisers known that she was lessons. had the organisers known that she was suffering lessons. had the organisers known that she was suffering from - that she was suffering from depression, would they have gone out so strongly with the statement? probably not. i think saying that she was potentially going to be defaulted was always quite strong and maybe unnecessary, but here we are, and i think it is a real disappointment for the tournament that she has had to withdraw, but also for herself, that she has been dealing with this for so long and no one knew. i dealing with this for so long and no
as much as it can be difficult and challenging at times, and i ve experienced that myself, it s part of the job. to have not been able to reach any sort of conclusion with the organisers and be able to move forward because of the press commitments is, you know. it sent shockwaves through the sport. all of the thoughts go to her and make sure that she s looking after her mental health, which it s good that s what she s doing. as the tournament continued today without the world number two, players in paris offered their support. i feel for naomi. i feel like i wish i could give her a hug because i know what it s like. like i said, i ve been in those positions. you know, you just have to let her handle it the way she wants to, in the best way that she thinks she can. 0saka can be engaging and outspoken, but her refusal to talk on this occasion has come at a cost. the 23 year old was fined by the tennis authorities and threatened with expulsion for failing to fulfil her contractual duties.
and i ve experienced that myself, it s part of the job. to have not been able to reach any sort of conclusion with the organisers and be able to move forward because of the press commitments is, you know. it s sent shockwaves through the sport. all of the thoughts go to her and make sure that she s looking after her mental health, which it s good that that s what she s doing. as the tournament continued today without the world number two, players in paris offered their support. i feel for naomi. i feel like i wish i could give her a hug, because i know what it s like. like i said, i ve been in those positions. you know, you just have to let her handle it the way she wants to, in the best way that she thinks she can. osaka can be engaging and outspoken, but her refusal to talk on this occasion has come at a cost. the 23 year old was fined by the tennis authorities and threatened with expulsion for failing to fulfil her contractual duties. following her withdrawal, the head of the french
commitments is, you know. it sent shock waves through the sport. all of the thoughts go to her and make sure that she s looking after her mental health, which it s good that s what she s doing. as the tournament continued today without the world number two, players in paris offered their support. i feel for naomi. i feel like i wish i could give her a hug because i know what it s like. like i said, i ve been in those positions. you know, you just have to let her handle it the way she wants to, in the best way that she thinks she can. osaka can be engaging and outspoken, but her refusal to talk on this occasion has come at a cost. the 23 year old was fined by the tennis authorities and threatened with expulsion for failing to fulfil her contractual duties. following her withdrawal, the head of the french tennis federation had this to say. we are sorry and sad for naomi osaka. the outcome of naomi withdrawing from roland garros is unfortunate. he then left without taking questions. it wa
with her mental health. she had been fined £10,000 for refusing to speak to the media after her matches. she said she wanted to protect herself after suffering long bouts of depression since winning herfirst grand slam title in 2018. joe lynsky has more. naomi 0saka called it a situation she never imagined. at this french open, she s taken a stance, refusing to speak to the press after matches. now she s pulled out of the tournament. 0saka won her first match on sunday, but 24 hours later wrote this on twitter. the best thing for the tournament is that i withdraw. i never wanted to be a distraction. 0saka says she s suffered long bouts of depression since winning the us 0pen three years ago, and she gets huge waves of anxiety before speaking to the media. now she says she s taking time away. 0saka chose not to speak to the press, she said, to preserve her mental health. tennis authorities had fined her and threatened disqualification.