Original title: Naomi Osaka returned to the press conference and burst into tears on-site brokers berated the bullying
On August 17, Beijing time, in the past few months, there have been endless discussions about the psychological problems of tennis player Naomi Osaka. The Japanese player said before the French Open in May local time that he would not accept it during the French Open. In a media interview, she said: “I often feel that people don’t care about the mental health of athletes. Whenever I see a press conference or participate in a press conference, I will feel this way.” Four Grand Slam tournaments subsequently issued a joint statement. , Said that if Naomi Osaka refused to accept the media interview, she would be disqualified from the competition, and then she withdrew from the French Open.
After serving as the main torchbearer of the Tokyo Olympics but exiting early, Naomi Osaka finally returned to the Southwest Bank Open. As a result, he cried bitterly when he participated in the press conference for the first time, and left after a simple press conference.
A reporter asked at the time: “You don’t particularly like to deal with the media, especially in this format (holding a press conference). You have already suggested a better way to do this, and I want to try to explore it. My question is, you also have interests other than tennis, and you realize and get benefits through media platforms. How do you think you can best balance the two?”
Naomi Osaka replied: “It’s really interesting. I want to say, I think the most difficult thing is when the press conference will be held, but…well, I’m sorry. I’m thinking. Well…”
The host stepped in and asked Naomi Osaka if she would like to answer another question. Naomi Osaka refused, saying that she was “interested in this topic.”
“I think for me, this is my feeling. I can’t really represent everyone, I can only represent myself. Since I was young, I have received a lot of media attention. I think this is because of my Background (Japanese-Haiti mixed race) and my technical style of the game. First of all, I am a tennis player, which is why many people are interested in me. I would say that I am totally different from many people in this respect, and I really can’t …I tweeted or something I said created a lot of news articles and similar things, and I know that these things happened because I won a few grand slams and participated in a lot of press conferences. But I also want to say that I’m not sure how to balance the two. I’ll say, as if I discovered it at the same time as you.”
Then a reporter asked a question about tennis, but Naomi Osaka suddenly broke down. The host asked for an intermission. Naomi Osaka came back after a while and answered repeated questions focusing on tennis in English. The meeting then switched to asking questions in Japanese.
After the press conference, Naomi Osaka’s agent, Stuart Duguid, in a statement to Reuters’ Rory Carroll and Amy Tennery, bitterly condemned the reporter’s question: “The bullying at the Cincinnati press conference is The epitome of why the player-media relationship is so tense! Everyone on Zoom will agree that his tone is wrong and his only purpose is to intimidate. What a shocking behavior! It is implied that Naomi Osaka attributed her off-court success to her The media statement is a myth-don’t be so self-indulgent!”
In response to the huge dispute between the two sides, “New York Times” columnist Ben Rosenborg expressed his opinion: “This topic itself is not terrible, but Naomi Osaka said in an earlier answer that she found it difficult at the press conference. After that, the aggressive tone of a stranger made things go wrong.”
Andrew Bucholtz, the author of “awfulannouncing”, has a different point of view. He said: “Osaka Naomi’s agent believes that the reporter’s answer is bullying. This is a bit too much. The question asked does not seem to be in tone or content. Particularly out of the ordinary, some of them seem to be more related to the format of Naomi Osaka’s press conference. However, not everyone sees it that way.”Return to Sohu to see more
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