“The goal was to protect myself,” Noami Osaka opens up on her last year’s Roland Garros incident

“The goal was to protect myself,” Noami Osaka opens up on her last year’s Roland Garros incident

Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka has gone through a lot in her relatively short tennis career which also has four Grand Slam titles. The Japanese tennis star has faced the high and the extreme lows and is now rejuvenated to resume her career once again after bouts of depression and anxiety.

“Of course, the goal was to protect myself whether I knew it or not,” Osaka told CBS Morning reporter Tracy Smith. “I have been kind of watching athletes struggle for a while and I vividly remember everything someone says something about the world or like politics. People told me that you are a sports person blah blah blah.”

“So then I kind of felt like oh we must not be allowed to have feelings in a way and just like go out there perform and then go back in. I always think that my way of doing things, I want to make life a bit easier for the people that come behind me,” she added describing her last year’s Roland Garros incident.

Naomi Osaka returned on tour and is all set to feature at the Roland Garros

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Naomi Osaka took a break after the Australian Open where she bowed out in the third round after losing to Amanda Anisimova. She took a long break and only returned to the Indian Wells. There again she bowed out in the opening stages after losing to Veronika Kudermetova. Despite her struggles, she fought through and performed really well at the following Miami Open.

Osaka was sensational in Miami as she defeated players like Belinda Bencic, Angelique Kerber and Danielle Collins en route to the finals. Although she lost against Iga Swiatek in the finals, she proved that she is here to stay. The four time Grand Slam winner was also in action at the Madrid Open but she crashed out of the second round after losing to local star Sara Sorribes Tormo.

Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka in Madrid

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