Naomi Osaka
World No. 2 Naomi Osaka, who controversially exited the French Open tennis citing psychological well being points, has additionally withdrawn from the Berlin WTA grass court docket event starting June 14.
Event organisers stated on Monday that Naomi, who had withdrawn precisely per week in the past from Roland Garros, had knowledgeable them that she wouldn’t begin within the Berlin event.
The Japanese, winner of three Grand Slam titles, has not made it clear when she want to get again on court docket. With the Wimbledon set to start on June 28 and the Tokyo Olympics starting on July 23, the Berlin event would have been the best preparation for the grass-court main and the Olympics.
Naomi, 23, had withdrawn from the French Open final Monday over her stand to talk to the media as a result of her psychological well being.
Naomi had defeated Romania’s Patricia Maria Tig on Could 30, however didn’t flip as much as face the media. This prompted the organisers to tremendous her $15,000 and be warned that she confronted expulsion from Grand Slam tournaments if she continued to take action.
On Could 31, she posted a press release on Twitter, saying that she had “suffered lengthy bouts of despair because the US Open in 2018” and that “it was higher to train self-care and skip the press conferences” as a result of she will get “big waves of hysteria earlier than”.
The world No. 2 headed house to Los Angeles after her French Open withdrawal.
Naomi has since written a message of because of her followers for the “love” she has acquired since withdrawing from the French Open.
In her first social media exercise since then, the 23-year-old wrote in an Instagram story: “Simply need to say thanks for all of the love. Have not been on my cellphone a lot however I wished to hop on right here and inform you all that I actually recognize it.”