‘I was thrown into the pit… we need to be more supporting’: Lewis Hamilton wades into the Naomi Osaka row and calls French Open organisers ‘not cool’ for fining her £10,500 over media boycott – and says he struggled with the same pressures Naomi Osaka was fined £10,500 by French Open chiefs after her first-round … Read more
After publicly withdrawing from the French Open on Monday to focus on her mental health, tennis star Naomi Osaka is spending some time relaxing at the $7 million Beverly Hills home she bought from Nick Jonas. The sports icon retreated to the 41,000-square foot property after dropping out of the Open amid backlash when she … Read more
Judy Murray has sympathised with Naomi Osaka after the world No 2 withdrew from the French Open having been threatened with expulsion for not speaking to the media. The 23-year-old from Japan said last week she didn’t want to take part in press conferences at Roland Garros to ‘protect her mental health’. She received a … Read more
Judy Murray has sympathised with Naomi Osaka after the world No 2 withdrew from the French Open having been threatened with expulsion for not speaking to the media. The 23-year-old from Japan said last week she didn’t want to take part in press conferences at Roland Garros to ‘protect her mental health’. She received a … Read more
Naomi Osaka will not receive any special treatment at Wimbledon this summer after the world No 2 withdrew from the French Open on Monday because of mental health concerns. The Japanese star pulled out at Roland Garros after refusing to attend mandatory post-match press conferences and revealing she had been suffering from bouts of depression … Read more
Naomi Osaka will not receive any special treatment at Wimbledon this summer after the world No 2 withdrew from the French Open on Monday because of mental health concerns. The Japanese star pulled out at Roland Garros after refusing to attend mandatory post-match press conferences and revealing she had been suffering from bouts of depression … Read more
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka arrived back home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the day after spectacularly withdrawing from the French Open amid a row over her decision not to do interviews during the tournament, to protect her mental health. Osaka, the highest-paid female athlete in the world, flew in from Paris shortly after revealing her … Read more
The grand slams have pledged to work to improve the player experience at major tournaments following Naomi Osaka‘s withdrawal from the French Open. A strong joint statement from the slams on Sunday threatening the world number two with disqualification and a ban from future tournaments if she did not reverse her decision not to fulfil … Read more
Naomi Osaka isn’t just a great tennis player. She is a great actor. I saw her giving one of her finest off-court performances when I covered the Brisbane International tournament last year. The post-match media conferences were light-hearted affairs. The organisers placed an oversized tennis ball – about the size of a basketball – on … Read more
Osaka, 23, announced last week that she would not be taking media questions at Roland-Garros because she thinks journalists ‘doubt’ her and she didn’t want to ‘subject’ herself to their tough questions More tennis stars are reversing their criticism of Naomi Osaka after she pulled out of the French Open on Monday and revealed she … Read more