Osaka breaks down in first press conference since French Open

By Amy TenneryNEW YORK (Reuters) - Retired athletes voiced their support for four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka on Saturday after she said she would take a break from tennis having lost her enthusiasm for competition. Japan to douse Olympic flame of Games transformed by pandemic and dramaFireworks light up Tokyo as it prepares to douse Olympic flameU.

Naomi Osaka on Thursday in the third round of the US Open, and then Osaka delivered some shocking news afterward. The match gave the 73rd-ranked Fernandez her first victory over a top-three player and broke the third-ranked Osaka's winning streak of Grand Slam matches at 16. Fernandez's 7-5, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4 win at Arthur Ashe Stadium was set up by a timely second-set tiebreaker, making Osaka's elimination the first among the women's draw's top-10 players.

We may have seen the last of Naomi Osaka for at least this year. In a tearful press conference following her defeat at the hands of Leylah Fernandez Friday night at the US Open, she said she’s “going to take a break for a while.”

Naomi Osaka looked over at her agent and said she wanted to tell the world what the two of them had discussed privately in an Arthur Ashe Stadium hallway after her U.S. Open title defense ended with a racket-tossing, composure-missing, lead-evaporating defeat in the third round.

concern about her mental health struggles on Friday after an emotional display during a third round defeat at the US Open. Osaka, who has been a picture of composure on the court during her career, erupted in frustration during a 5-7 7-6 (2) 6-4 loss to 18-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez that ended her Open title defence.

Naomi Osaka clutches her tennis racket in this shot from her match against Leylah Fernandez during the 2021 US Open on Friday (September 3) in New York City.

After withdrawing from the French Open and skipping Wimbledon, defending U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka’s return to that tournament did not go as expected.

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withdrawing from the French Open due to mental health issues in June. At the time, organisers threatened to expel her from the competition after she pulled out of her scheduled press conference because of said mental health issues - and due to further mental stress from the surrounding commentary, she ended up pulling out of the competition altogether.

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Naomi Osaka, 23, broke down in tears on Monday (Aug. 16) while speaking to reporters at her first press conference since withdrawing from the 2021 French Open.