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With her mental health. she had been fined £10,000 for refusing to speak to the media after her matches. she said she wanted to protect herself after suffering "long bouts of depression" since winning herfirst grand slam title in 2018. joe lynsky has more. naomi 0saka called it a situation she never imagined. at this french open, she's taken a stance, refusing to speak to the press after matches. now she's pulled out of the tournament. 0saka won her first match on sunday, but 24 hours later wrote this on twitter. "the best thing for the tournament is that i withdraw. i never wanted to be a di...

The women's tennis world number two naomi 0saka has withdrawn from the french open after refusing to do news conferences at the tournament. 0saka, who said she wanted to protect her mental health, revealed that she had suffered long bouts of depression since winning her first grand slam title in 2018. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornall reports. naomi 0saka is one of her sport's biggest and most marketable stars, and yet all the talk in tennis has been about her not talking. last week, she said she wouldn't speak to the media at the french open to protect her mental health. and then, 2k hou...

0saka won her first match on sunday, but 2a hours later wrote this on twitter. 0saka says she's suffered long bouts of depression since winning the us 0pen three years ago, and she gets huge waves of anxiety before speaking to the media. now she says she's taking time away. 0saka chose not to speak to the press, she said, to preserve her mental health. tennis authorities had fined her and threatened disqualification. now some feel the sport could learn lessons. had the organisers known that she was suffering from depression, would they have gone out so strongly with a statement? probably not. ...

For so long and no one knew. last night, serena williams spoke out. she's just won the tournament's first night match. but she feels this has cast a shadow. i feel for naomi. i feel like, i wish i could give her a hug because i know what it's like. like i said, i've been in those positions. everyone is different and everyone handles things differently. so, you know, you just have to let her handle it the way she wants to. the french tennis federation said they were sorry and sad for naomi osaka, and that they're committed to athletes' well—being. this came about from 0saka not wanting to tal...

Is notjust an athlete, she is earning a reputation her activism. 0saka, showed support for the black lives matter movement. now she is speaking up about mental health. last week, 0saka said on social media, she would not give any news conferences during the french open, writing... ifeel people have no regard for athletes' mental health. grand slam tournaments responded by saying, should 0saka continue to ignore her media obligations during the tournament, she would be exposing herself to further code of conduct infringement consequences. 0n conduct infringement consequences. on sunday, she was...