Somehow? Just like John Kirwan should’ve just put an icepack on his head and toughed it out. Just like Mike King should’ve found himself some happy pills and kept the chuckles coming regardless. Osaka is an athlete, a high-performance one, confronting a three-year struggle with depression and stress, and trying hard indeed to manage it. Nowhere is it written that any invocation of mental health problems must not be given even the slightest critical scrutiny. But accepting as we should that some sports stars might try it on just to dodge any questioning they don’t like, it would still take a sour spirit not to accept the real distress behind Osaka’s stance.