Japanese Naomi Osaka has been struggling with mental health problems for a long time. This was reflected, among other things, at a press conference in Cincinnati last August, when one of the journalists accused her of speaking to the media only when it suited her. The tennis player left and cried. Prior to the incident, she said she intended to boycott the press, to protect her mental health.
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The last time she fell at a tournament in Indian Wells is a match with Russia’s Kuděrmetová, when one of the fans in the auditorium shouted at her that she was terrible. Osaka did not manage the situation, she cried and left the court in tears after the defeat of 0: 6 and 4: 6. This moment was a turning point for her, so she decided to make a crucial decision.
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“After Indian Wells, I finally started seeing a psychologist. It took me a year after the French Open, “Osaka said at a news conference during the Miami tournament that she had decided not to go to the press just before Roland Garros.
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“I am glad to have people around me who pushed me into this decision. Now I’m trying to follow everything the therapist recommends, “said the Japanese woman, who is now said to be concentrating on deep breathing and learning to” push the restart button “when she needs to.
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