Crying Osaka interrupts press conference

As before every tournament, the best tennis players in the world had to answer questions from media representatives in Cincinnati - including Naomi Osaka, who caused a lot of excitement with her media boycott at this year's French Open. For the 23-year-old, however, the return to the media space did not go as planned. Osaka burst into tears and then had to interrupt the press conference.

At first everything went like clockwork. But when a local reporter asked her about her complicated relationship with the media, Osaka's emotions overwhelmed her. The four-time Grand Slam winner answered the question, but during the next one about the earthquake disaster in her second home, Haiti, she could no longer hold back her tears. The moderator then interrupted the media round. Osaka stepped away from the podium but continued the press conference after a short break. Agent swings for a roundabout blow Stuart Duguid, the superstar's agent, then attacked the reporter head-on. He is the “epitome of why the relationships between players and the media are so tense at the moment”. “His manner was all wrong and his only aim was to intimidate her. Horrible behavior,” he said. Journalists present at the PK rejected these allegations. Others emphasized that the question itself was not “aggressive,” but the tone was.

Had to interrupt the PK: Naomi Osaka © APA/afp / TIZIANA FABI

After an exchange that lasted several minutes, reporter Paul Daugherty asked Osaka the following question: “You don't particularly like dealing with the media, especially not in this format. You have suggested that there are better ways. My question was that you also have other interests besides tennis that you serve with the platform that the media offers you. What’s the best way to reconcile both?”

The video (from minute 1:23):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-ZJeaIKjKA

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Crying Osaka interrupts press conference

It won't be quiet about Naomi Osaka: The Japanese hit the headlines again on Monday, even though she won't be in action at the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati until Wednesday.

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