[Sport] After the monster scandal in Paris, Naomi Osaka reveals for the first time that she suffers from mental disorders: the first title of great slam would have been the trigger for a long period of depression

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Naomi Osaka (23, 2 WTA) revealed for the first time what mental health disorders she suffers from.

The decision of the Japanese Naomi Osaka to withdraw from the Roland Garros tournament was not taken without the second player of the world to provide context and to reveal concretely the reasons why she does not feel ready to continue the tournament in Paris. A message posted on social media, Osaka revealed for the first time that it was facing long periods of depression, and the dialogues with the press squeezed its energy, as it suffers from social anxiety.

Naomi has announced that she will be moving away from the tennis world indefinitely, but when she returns she will be ready to have a discussion with world tennis leaders about their concern for the mental health of WTA, ATP and ITF athletes.
"I would not trivialize mental health or use the term easily. The truth is that I have suffered from long periods of depression since the US Open 2018 and have had difficult times trying to live with it. Everyone who knows me knows that I am an introvert. , and every man who has seen me at tournaments has noticed that I often wear headphones, because it helps me temper my social anxiety, despite the fact that the tennis press has always been kind to me (and I want to apologize especially to journalists countries that I may have hurt), I am not a natural public speaker and I suffer from anxiety before speaking in front of the press. I become very excited and it is stressful to always try to find ways to give you the best answers. who are capable.

Here in Paris I already felt vulnerable and anxious and I thought it was better to practice self-care and skip press conferences. I announced it in advance because I feel that the rules are outdated in some parts and I wanted to emphasize this. I wrote privately to the tournament representatives, apologizing and telling them that I would be more than happy to talk to them after the tournament, since the Grand Slams are intense. Now I'm going to take a break from tennis, but when the right time comes I'll want to work with the circuit to discuss ways we can make things better for the players, the press and the fans, "was the message with strong emotional impact transmitted by the number 2 WTA on Twitter.

Naomi Osaka is the quadruple Grand Slam champion, but her best performance at Roland Garros remains round 3, reached in the editions of 2016, 2018 and 2019. Ana Bogdan, the player that Osaka should have faced in the second round is the only beneficiary of this scandal between the Japanese sportswoman and the tennis leaders, resulting in a situation that does not honor the sport. The player born in Sinaia will automatically enter round 3, where she waits for the winner of the match between Paula Badosa (35 WTA) and Danka Kovinic (62 WTA).

In his message on Twitter, Osaka mentioned the US Open 2018, his first grand slam title in his career, when he was only 20 years old as the success that marked the beginning of the first period in which he suffered from depression.