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French Open 2021: Naomi Osaka refuses media interviews due to her mental health.

Posted on 05/30/2021 8:41:51 AM PDT by Toespi

This is the same Naomi Osaka who just last year couldn’t get enough media attention and interviews. Of course, that was so she could show off her BLM mask and t-shirts, along with her rapper boyfriend who flipped the bird during trophy presentation. If that wasn’t enough she referred to America as a GENOCIDAL COUNTRY during an interview.

"I've often felt that people have no regard for athletes mental health and this rings very true whenever I see a press conference or partake in one,” she wrote, in part. “We're often sat there and asked questions that we've been asked multiple times before or asked questions that bring doubt into our minds and I'm just not going to subject myself to people that doubt me."


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I am wondering if Osaka and Harry Markle aren’t doing group therapy together.
1 posted on 05/30/2021 8:41:51 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: Toespi

Professional sports are a stupid concept. I hope it’s all coming to an end.


2 posted on 05/30/2021 8:43:15 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: Toespi

She sounds fragile.


3 posted on 05/30/2021 8:45:52 AM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“#jlm”? Idiocy!


4 posted on 05/30/2021 8:46:14 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: Toespi

It’s over. As if using aluminum bats in the majors.
No more net game. No more artistry. Baseline robots.
Ball machines.


5 posted on 05/30/2021 8:46:44 AM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: Toespi

I’m an ex-member of the mainstream media and they can be predatory. We know that from politics so I’m inclined to be more sympathetic to her.

The sports media has already been identified as liberally biased like the news media so again why should I be on their side of wanting to interview Osaka.


6 posted on 05/30/2021 8:53:46 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Toespi

Play tennis, win tournaments and make millions.

She has no obligation to submit to the media.

Good for her.


7 posted on 05/30/2021 9:02:03 AM PDT by Meatspace
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To: Toespi

What does her sister Nagasaki have to say about it?


8 posted on 05/30/2021 9:10:33 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (The China virus doesn't scare me, Venezuelaism does.)
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To: Varsity Flight

I remember as a kid getting up in the morning to watch the Wimbledon final. The best players, like Borg, McEnroe, Connors, were all household names.

Haven’t watched a Tennis match in years, couldn’t name one tennis player now.


9 posted on 05/30/2021 9:13:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Toespi

I cannot think of a tennis player I would want to hear from except Maria Sharpova.


10 posted on 05/30/2021 9:14:02 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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"She has no obligation to submit to the media."

Most sports revenue comes via the media - radio and television broadcasting contracts, and corporate sponsorship. There is also the day-to-day publicity provided by newspapers, sports talk radio, and so forth. In exchange for that, a 2 to 10 minute stint answering questions after a game or tournament doesn't seem like an extraordinary burden.
11 posted on 05/30/2021 9:16:32 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Toespi

She renounced her US citizenship to be Japanese.

Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.....


12 posted on 05/30/2021 9:21:23 AM PDT by llevrok (I'm old enough to remember when the quarantine was to be 2 weeks)
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To: dfwgator

Yep, us too. Today there is a fella named Nadal or something like that,, that was domination g everything, phenomenal player, but the only reason we watched was because my nephew, an aspiring tennis p.ayer, was watching tennis constantly, we had no choice lol. But yeah, back during borg, Connor, McEnroe etc, we watched because they were great, and because nothing else was on that we could get on out roof antenna tv.


13 posted on 05/30/2021 9:25:02 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: llevrok

Already ahead of you.


14 posted on 05/30/2021 9:31:43 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Graybeard58

Or her other sister, Rose.


15 posted on 05/30/2021 10:38:00 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: DesertRhino

Sharapova made one big blunder. She mentioned the news that the sports media was covering up, that Serena Williams was involved with a married man with three childes. Serena broke up a marriage. The media turned on Sharapova overnight.


16 posted on 05/30/2021 10:40:28 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: Ge0ffrey

children...damn that auto correct


17 posted on 05/30/2021 10:41:53 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: DesertRhino

“ I cannot think of a tennis player I would want to hear from except Maria Sharpova.”

Double date with Anna Kournikova?


18 posted on 05/30/2021 10:57:39 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (I got the shot. Not because I wanted to. Because I had to, in violation of my civil rights.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

In my day, I wanted Gabriela Sabatini.


19 posted on 05/30/2021 11:00:03 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Chrissy Everett here.


20 posted on 05/30/2021 1:38:50 PM PDT by blackdog (Joe Biden, Deep State Cuckold.)
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