Naomi Osaka withdraws from French open as she reveals she’s depressed amid media controversy

4-time Grand Slam champion, Naomi Osaka has determined to withdraw from the French Open following the bitter fallout from her choice to boycott all media exercise.

In an announcement made on Twitter, Naomi mentioned she intends to “take a while away from the courtroom” moderately than proceed to be a distraction for her stance towards chatting with the press.

Final week, on the eve of the match, Naomi she wouldn’t face the press throughout the 2021 French Open, citing psychological well being causes.

She mentioned on the time: “I’ve usually felt that individuals haven’t any regard for athletes psychological well being and this rings very true every time I see a press convention or partake in a single.”

True to her phrase, following her win over Patricia Tig within the first spherical on Sunday, Could 30, Osaka did not attend the post-match press convention.

Afterward, she was threatened with expulsion over her press boycott. On Sunday, the previous world primary was warned she may very well be thrown out of the French Open if she continues to boycott post-match information conferences on the match.

She was additionally fined $15,000 by Grand Slam organisers for failing to attend a information convention following her first-round win.

French Tennis Federation president Gilles Moretton described her vow of silence as “an outstanding error”.

Naomi has now determined to drop out of the match so “everybody can get again to specializing in the tennis occurring in Paris.”

She says she by no means supposed to ignite an argument when she cited mental health for skipping media conferences a number of days in the past, however she believes the very best factor for her to do now could be give up the match.