conferences at roland garros to protect her mental health. osaka has tonight announced via social media that she s withdrawing from the tournament so that everyone can get back to focussing on the tennis going on in paris , saying she didn t want to be a distraction. she also said she s suffered long bouts of depression since the us open in 2018 and has had a really hard time coping with that. the japanese four time major winner continued to say she gets huge waves of anxiety before speaking to the world s media and gets really nervous and that she s taking time away from the court. meanwhile, on the court, british hopesjohanna konta and heather watson have both been knocked out of the tournament on day two at roland garros. konta, the british number one who reached the semifinals of this tournament two years ago, was beaten by world number 54 sorana cirstea. it finished 7 6, 6 2 to leave konta with just three wins in 2021 so far, while watson also lost in straight sets earlier to kaz
bouts of depression since the us open in 2018 and has had a really hard time coping with that. the japanese four time major winner continued to say she gets huge waves of anxiety before speaking to the world s media and gets really nervous, and that she s taking time away from the court. meanwhile, on the court british hopesjohanna konta and heather watson have both been knocked out of the tournament on day two at roland garros. konta, the british number i, who reached the semi finals of this tournament two years ago, was beaten by world number 5a sorana cirstea. it finished 7 6, 6 2 to leave konta with just three wins in 2021 so far, while watson also lost in straight sets earlier to kazakhstan s zarina diyas. bit of history made on monday. we had the first night match in french open history, but no fans were there sadly, because of the 9pm curfew in paris due to the pandemic they would have seen serena williams
osaka has tonight announced via social media that she s withdrawing from the tournament, so that everyone can get back to focussing on the tennis going on in paris saying she didn t want to be a distraction. she also said she s suffered long bouts of depression since the us open in 2018 and has had a really hard time coping with that. the japanese four time major winner continued to say she gets huge waves of anxiety before speaking to the world s media and gets really nervous, and that she s taking time away from the court. meanwhile, on the court british hopesjohanna konta and heather watson have both been knocked out of the tournament on day two at roland garros. konta, the british number 1, who reached the semi finals of this tournament two years ago, was beaten by world number 5a sorana cirstea. it finished 7 6, 6 2 to leave konta with just three wins in 2021 so far, while watson also lost in straight sets earlier to kazakhstan s zarina diyas. bit of history made on monday. we h