After the match at Indian Wells, Naomi Osaka spoke to the crowd with tears streaming down her face.
At just 23 years old, the four-time Grand Slam champion already has had quite an impressive career.Rattled by a derogatory shout from a spectator, Naomi Osaka went on to lose 6-0, 6-4 to Veronika Kudermetova of Russia in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday night.
Osaka later made the unusual request to use the umpire's microphone to address the crowd, which did not happen. "I watched a video of Venus and Serena getting heckled here, if you’ve never watched it you should watch it," Osaka said. "I don’t know why, but it went into my head and it got replayed a lot. I’m trying not to cry."
Nadal won the Australian Open in January for his record 21st major championship, breaking a tie with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. He won other titles in Melbourne and in Mexico. Earlier this week, Medvedev received a trophy commemorating his status atop the ATP Tour rankings. He displaced Djokovic, who wasn’t allowed to enter the U.S. to play because he’s not vaccinated against COVID-19."If I’m going to lose it because I’m either going to play a bad match or my opponent is going to play an amazing one, there is the next tournament in Miami," he said. "That’s how tennis is, every week is a new story.
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