Naomi Osaka previously shared, “I love the press; I do not love all press conferences.” And watching her news conference on Monday, you can see why
Naomi Osaka Photo: Elsa/Getty Images Over the past few months, tennis star Naomi Osaka has made her concerns about post-match press requirements clear: They can take a heavy toll on athletes’ mental health, and she would prefer to be selective about when she sits for them. This feels fair given how frequently athletes wind up in tears after being bombarded with probing questions immediately following a big loss.
“You are not crazy about dealing with us, especially in this format,” Daugherty told her. “Yet you have a lot of outside interests that are served by having a media platform. I guess my question is, How do you balance the two?” When Osaka asked what he was referring to, he continued, “Well, you’ve said you don’t especially like the news-conference format, yet that seems to be obviously the most widely used means of communicating to the media and, through the media, to the public.
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