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(AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open yesterday , apologizing all the way for being a distraction. The mess started with her stating before the tournament began she would not participate in the obligatory post-match press conferences , citing mental health as her primary motivation: — NaomiOsaka大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka) May 26, 2021 (Side note: if you think you repetitively get asked the same questions in press conferences, Ms. Osaka, try working in retail for a year. But I digress.)
Tournament organizers were not amused, fining Osaka $15K after she kept her word and didn’t do a post-match press conference. The ante was upped after not only more hefty fines, but possible bans from future tournaments were bandied about as possibilities should Osaka continue up to remain mum.
A bit of background on Osaka is warranted. She was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and Haitian father . Osaka first gained public interest in 2014 when at the ripe old age of seventeen she defeated a former US Open champion in a tournament. She has won four Grand Slam titles. Osaka has been ranked the number one women’s tennis player in the world (she currently sits at number two). She says and does all the right things for the woke crowd . Although she has lived in the United States since she was three, she identifies as Japanese . In short, Osaka checks off all the right boxes to be a media darling.
So why the sudden aversion to the media?
Drift back to the 2018 US Open, where Osaka defeated Serena Williams to win the women’s singles title. The match will be long remembered not for the level of play, but instead for Williams having an on-court meltdown aimed at referee Carlos Ramos. The pro-Williams crowd heavily showered the stadium with boos, which although not aimed at Osaka still quite obviously cut deep as what should have been the highlight of her career to date — winning a Grand Slam final — instead found her dissolving into tears for all the wrong reasons.
Next, consider that Osaka has led […]
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