Naomi Osaka Leaves Press Conference Ahead Of Cincinnati Open
Naomi Osaka leaves the press conference crying ahead of the Cincinnati Open.
Tennis star Naomi Osaka couldn’t control her tears at her first press conference since she pulled out of the French Open due to mental health issues.
Asked by a local reporter at a conference before the Cincinnati Open how she balances fame and media relations, Osaka said, “I don’t know how to balance. I’m trying like you guys do.
After this, when a journalist asked her questions related to tennis, her tears started flowing.
This Japanese player, a four-time Grand Slam champion, even went out of the room for a while and then came and ended the entire conference.
Osaka will focus on only one match.
Osaka said she would focus on one match at a time in Cincinnati. She also did not play at Wimbledon and then competed in the Tokyo Olympics and lost in the third round.
Regarding her preparation for Cincinnati, Osaka said, “When I came back from Tokyo, I took three days off, and then I started practicing immediately.
I felt like I played well in Tokyo, but still something There was decisions I didn’t make.” She said, “At the moment I am focusing on one match at a time.
The reason for this is that I do not even know who my opponent will be so just trying to work hard every day and see if it Where does that take me?”
Osaka, who has won four Grand Slam titles, also has to defend her US Open title and in this sequence, she is playing hardcourt tournament in America.
She will attend Cincinnati where she will donate her prize money to earthquake relief work in Haiti. Osaka had announced this a day earlier.
The Japanese tennis star also spoke about her experience at the Tokyo Olympics where she became the first female tennis player to light an Olympic flame.
Osaka said, “Definitely lighting the torch is a moment I didn’t know I was the first tennis player to carry a torch, but it’s definitely something I’ll remember in my heart.”
