Naomi Osaka Withdraws From French Open [Video]

Naomi Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion representing Japan, has announced she will repel from a French Open on Monday, May 31, 2021. “I consider now a best thing for a tournament, a other players, and my contentment is that we repel so that everybody can go behind to focusing on a tennis going on in Paris.”

Her stipulation final week that she would strengthen her mental health during a French open and skip news conferences caused utterly a stir. There was most review around either tennis athletes’ media obligations after competitions spoiled their mental health.

Although Osaka did a brief talk on a justice after her first-round feat over Patricia Maria Tig on May 30, 2021, she was still fined $15,000 for skipping a news conference. Tennis officials settled that she could be fined augmenting penalties or defaulted tournaments if she continued ignoring a regulations that force players to attend in post-match news conferences.

The tennis champion voiced around amicable media that she has had a tough time coping with a basin she has gifted given her 2018 U.S. Open victory. She kick her statue tennis champion, Serena Williams, in a 6-2, 6-4 upset. She is also an zealous believer of a Black Lives Matter transformation and has been outspoken opposite amicable misapplication and participating in criticism marches.

Hopefully, she can get a mental health support that she needs to continue to mangle records. According to Forbes, Osaka warranted over $37 million in a 12 month duration from esteem income and endorsements. She pennyless Maria Sharapova’s 2015 record as a highest-paid womanlike athlete.

Written by Ebonee Stevenson
Edited by Cathy Milne-Ware

Sources:

The Los Angeles Times: Naomi Osaka says she will repel from French Open; by Helene Elliot
Forbes: Naomi Osaka Is The Highest-Paid Female Athlete Ever Topping Serena Williams; by Kurt Badenhausen

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