[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Ben Smith (
The New York Times, July 4, 2021) writes about Osaka’s recent activities, “The tennis superstar is guest-editing Racquet magazine and has written a cover essay for
Time. What’s left for traditional sports journalism?”
In early May, a couple of weeks before she tweeted that she wouldn’t appear at a required news conference at the French Open, Naomi Osaka was on a Zoom call with a writer for
Racquet magazine who was trying to gain insight into the athlete’s inner life.
Ms. Osaka said she’d gone to the protests in Minneapolis last year and had been moved by what she saw. “It was a bit of an eye opener,” she said of the experience, “because I’ve never had time to go out and do anything physically.”
Naomi Osaka Is Talking to the Media Again, but on Her Own Terms
The tennis superstar is guest-editing Racquet magazine and has written a cover essay for Time. What’s left for traditional sports journalism?
Naomi Osaka at a news conference after winning the Australian Open in February.Credit.Loren Elliott/Reuters
July 4, 2021
In early May, a couple of weeks before she tweeted that she wouldn’t appear at a required news conference at the French Open, Naomi Osaka was on a Zoom call with a writer for Racquet magazine who was trying to gain insight into the athlete’s inner life.
Winnipeg Free Press
Tennis star Naomi Osaka s withdrawal from French Open puts spotlight on mental health By: Jen Zoratti | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, Jun. 3, 2021
Good for her.
That was my reaction to 23-year-old tennis star Naomi Osaka’s pair of statements about not doing press during and then subsequently withdrawing from the French Open earlier this week. Citing depression and anxiety, Osaka, the top-earning female athlete in history, decided to prioritize herself and her mental health and not submit to Grand Slam tournaments’ inflexible media requirements. (Players can be fined for as much as $20,000 for failure to show up at press conferences.)
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