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Naomi Osaka took to social media to announce that she is withdrawing from the Roland Garros.
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- Last Updated:June 01, 2021, 00:09 IST
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Naomi Osaka stated Monday she is withdrawing from the French Open following the bitter fall-out from her choice to boycott all media exercise.
“The neatest thing for the event, the opposite gamers and my well-being is that I withdraw so that everybody can get again to specializing in the tennis occurring in Paris,” the world number two wrote on Twitter.
The 23-year-old Japanese star was fined $15,000 on Sunday and threatened with disqualification after she refused to carry out a mandatory news conference following her first round win.
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She claimed on the eve of Roland Garros that such post-match inquests were akin to “kicking people when they are down” and that that they had a detrimental impact on her psychological well being.
“I by no means wished to be a distraction and I settle for that my timing was not excellent and my message may have been clearer,” the four-time Grand Slam title winner said in her statement.
“The truth is I have suffered bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018 and I have had a really hard time coping with that.”
She added: “In Paris, I used to be already feeling susceptible and anxious so I assumed it was higher to train self-care and skip the press conferences.
“I introduced it preemptively as a result of I do really feel like the principles are fairly out-dated in elements and I wished to spotlight that.”
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