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.
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.
“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.
“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.
“Eventually, he taught me different strategies, and I realized how useful that was. I reconsidered the situation after the Indian Wells incident. Nothing like this has ever happened to me and it has destabilized me, “admitted the Australian Open winner of 2018 and 2019.” Now I think I’m more prepared for these things, “she said firmly.
So far, he seems to be right. In Miami, she managed to deal with the Australian Sharma without any problems in the first round, in the second round she erased the world fifteen German Angelique Kerber in an hour and two minutes. After that, she was to face the Czech Karolína Muchová, but he had to give up the match. Osaka is now facing the quarterfinals of American Riske, with whom she plays on Monday from 7.30 pm.
