IMAGE: Japan’s Naomi Osaka appears to be like dejected. {Photograph}: Clive Brunskill/Getty Photographs
Japan’s Naomi Osaka introduced on Monday she was withdrawing from the French Open within the wake of her resolution to boycott post-match media duties on the Grand Slam event.
Osaka was fined $15,000 by Grand Slam organisers for failing to attend a information convention following her first-round win.
The 23-year-old made the announcement on Twitter.
“I believe now the very best factor for the event, different gamers and my wellbeing is that I withdraw so that everybody can get again to focussing on the tennis.”
In a tweet, Osaka revealed she had ‘suffered lengthy bouts of despair’ since profitable her first Grand Slam title in 2018.
The Japanese four-time main winner added that she will get ‘enormous waves of tension’ earlier than chatting with the world’s media.
Osaka stated she was going to ‘take a while away from the courtroom now’, including: ‘When the time is true I actually wish to work with the Tour to debate methods we are able to make issues higher for the gamers, press and followers’.
Take a look at her assertion: