Osaka quits French grand slam...and tennis?

[Mike Huntertz]

Media contact is 100% a part of being an athlete.

Not just playing your game.

The two go hand in hand.

She might as well say she likes to play tennis but hates returning serves.

It's all a part of the jump to that level, and you get paid for it too.

I bet she liked the checks she got for success.



Next thing you know she'll tell people not to look at her pictures.

The one's she took and approved for public consumption.

Without media there are no BIG bucks.
Suck it up, bitch! It goes with the territory.
QUIT for ever......not a chance.
Wait for the apology very soon.

[Buena Onda]

Don't like the media, good on her.

If someone hates public speaking then why force them to do an interview?

They are pro athletes not sales people. Have you heard her interviews? It's obvious she has some issue like Aspergers etc.

Then she should go play in the special olympics or something. She's a professional athlete and if her mental health affects her that much, she does need to take some time off from playing tennis and concentrate or her improving her quality of life. If you can deal with the pressure of playing in a grand slam final against the greatest female tennis player of all time and win, but you cannot do a 20 minute presser after a match to answer some inconvenient questions, that is an issue with her. These journalists have a job to do too and even if their questions are stupid, just give them a Marshawn Lynch answer or tell them to fukk right off and make a point. Instead, she goes on twitter or instagram or whatever and gives a 20 page explanation for why she is doing what she is doing. It is so contrived and weak it makes me want to puke. Riiight, She didn't know this was going to cause a controversy? And what is with all of the bikini pics and shit? I don't see many clinically depressed people smiling in their bikinis like they're Cindy fuckking Crawford circa 1992 like her. It's a brilliant move by her though. She might take a little more criticism from the media, they (the media) won't want to drag this out much longer now that so many of the athlete media darlings are coming out in her defense. 48 hours from now, the media won't be able to criticize her at all b/c anyone who does will be labeled as anti-mental health. When the French is over, I bet ATP and WTP revise the rules for press conferences and acquiesce to her "demands".

She just seems extremely immature to me.

If I were an up-and-coming woman tennis player, I'd be in her head talking trash 24/7 like Gary Payton because you know you'd own her mental midget ass when you got on the court to play.

[jjgold]

Tennis press really easy to compared to USA and soccer

She is just a new generation loser

Also too much money too quick is never a good thing at her age

[nuxx??]

She's a new generation entitled spoiled brat who is using mental health in order to change decades old rules. This is what Woke social justice warriors do, leverage social influence to bend rules in their favor.

Hopefully she gets banned for life.

[beefcake]

Then she should go play in the special olympics or something. She's a professional athlete and if her mental health affects her that much, she does need to take some time off from playing tennis and concentrate or her improving her quality of life. If you can deal with the pressure of playing in a grand slam final against the greatest female tennis player of all time and win, but you cannot do a 20 minute presser after a match to answer some inconvenient questions, that is an issue with her. These journalists have a job to do too and even if their questions are stupid, just give them a Marshawn Lynch answer or tell them to fukk right off and make a point. Instead, she goes on twitter or instagram or whatever and gives a 20 page explanation for why she is doing what she is doing. It is so contrived and weak it makes me want to puke. Riiight, She didn't know this was going to cause a controversy? And what is with all of the bikini pics and shit? I don't see many clinically depressed people smiling in their bikinis like they're Cindy fuckking Crawford circa 1992 like her. It's a brilliant move by her though. She might take a little more criticism from the media, they (the media) won't want to drag this out much longer now that so many of the athlete media darlings are coming out in her defense. 48 hours from now, the media won't be able to criticize her at all b/c anyone who does will be labeled as anti-mental health. When the French is over, I bet ATP and WTP revise the rules for press conferences and acquiesce to her "demands".

She just seems extremely immature to me.

If I were an up-and-coming woman tennis player, I'd be in her head talking trash 24/7 like Gary Payton because you know you'd own her mental midget ass when you got on the court to play.

These are good points.Im
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For for her mental health although I do agree that this was a good move long term in getting what she wants.Shes isnt as dumb as people think.She is one step ahead IMO..whether you like it or not.

[jjgold]

Yep 100000%

Zero wrong with her

She's a new generation entitled spoiled brat who is using mental health in order to change decades old rules. This is what Woke social justice warriors do, leverage social influence to bend rules in their favor.

Hopefully she gets banned for life.

[Jerm3462]

What's this chicks story? I've been out of the tennis gambling game for a few years. Is she half Japanese/ half Black?

[PlayzDont]

Tennis press really easy to compared to USA and soccer

She is just a new generation loser

Also too much money too quick is never a good thing at her age

She made like 50 mil and bounced

[Jayvegas420]

Isn’t it funny how the same people who post things like shut up and dribble and you arent paid to talk… Are now in here claiming that we need to hear these athletes talk. You just can’t win.

[jjgold]

Dating some ghetto boy does not help her either

[Jayvegas420]

You were right coach but, this can only help improve your chances of slamming her this year

[SamsNCharge99]

Dating some ghetto boy does not help her either

[jjgold]

Players get way too much money, she used the riots to her advantage and corporations through tons of money at her as she use the black angle that I’m suppressed

She’s doing the same thing here in a different way corporations are going to throw money at her Thinking it’s cool


She’s not even remotely depressed

[Jayvegas420]

She doesn’t work on salary coach

[Mac4Lyfe]

its silly to make athletes do press conferences anyways. athletes are only allowed to say non controversial stuff or they get fined/suspended. its just fake boring crap.

The only way the tourney can give out the huge prizes is by having their star athletes available for the media. She made +$55 million last year, the most for any female athlete. It's part of the game.

[JayLA]

The only way the tourney can give out the huge prizes is by having their star athletes available for the media. She made +$55 million last year, the most for any female athlete. It's part of the game.

wasn't most of that money from sponserships?

i think her sponsers wont back out. if anything, they'll love the publicity and make her look like a mental health hero

[Mac4Lyfe]

All these millennials and Gen Z need to man the fukk up and stop crying mental illness for every single little thing. They've been sheltered all their life and use mental illness as a crutch for anything.

and they all have easy access to guns...

[Mac4Lyfe]

If she didn't want to play she shouldn't have come. It's not fair for other players who were seeded below her. Now their brackets are messed up.

What do you mean? Wouldn't it help their bracket if she's out? One less good athlete to face. I'm not following?

[Mac4Lyfe]

wasn't most of that money from sponserships?
i think her sponsers wont back out. if anything, they'll love the publicity and make her look like a mental health hero

Yep, $50 million of the $55 million was from endorsements. I'm sure her sponsors won't back out NOW... but if she continues to withdraw from tourneys and don't keep winning, she'll be kicked to the curb for the next up and comer winner. This look won't last long. She'll get her shit together or have her 15 minutes of fame over.

[Mike Huntertz]

wasn't most of that money from sponserships?

i think her sponsers wont back out. if anything, they'll love the publicity and make her look like a mental health hero

Sad but true....the next Kapperdick.....woe is me.

[KiDBaZkiT]

Dating some ghetto boy does not help her either

Probably is actually the root of all of this.

[JIBBBY]

Take some meds and get back out there and play, that's your profession and job. She quit!!

Probably has daddy issues..

[Mac4Lyfe]

Probably is actually the root of all of this.

They kinda look alike. She definitely looks cray-cray.

[MOBIL19]

She needs a shrink, not boyfriend.

[Mike Huntertz]

They kinda look alike. She definitely looks cray-cray.

She looks like his mother.

[Sato]

Anybody that thinks shes hot especially the guy that gets his rooster hard looking at her bikini pics needs to check in to a mental hospital.

Shes very very far from hot.

[JIBBBY]

Anybody that thinks shes hot especially the guy that gets his rooster hard looking at her bikini pics needs to check in to a mental hospital.

Shes very very far from hot.

Agreed, she kinda looks like a dude without makeup on. Not that attractive. Since she's also mental and one crazy asss beoootch that makes her even more of a non grab.

I'm out...

[thechaoz]

Do not like her in general but agree with her here

Fukk the media

She's there to play tennis



I wish she would've said I'm just here so I don't get fined

Without the media then they would just be playing tennis in the backyard for free

Media create stories which creates buzz, which creates subscribers and advertisements and TV commercials and sponsors which creates millions of dollars

It's up to you to decide and most everyone except a few decide correctly.

It's a penetrating interview. Yeah we really gave it all out there, yeah I felt good today, it was a tough match but she's a great opponent.

People just say the most generic shit and that's all you have to do

[thechaoz]

Anybody that thinks shes hot especially the guy that gets his rooster hard looking at her bikini pics needs to check in to a mental hospital.

Shes very very far from hot.

She's nasty everybody's thirsty from covid

[jjgold]

Chaoz correct

Lol good one

[Jerm3462]

They kinda look alike. She definitely looks cray-cray.

She looks like an Asian Wanda sykes

[jjgold]

If you think she is pretty you could be Bi

[KVB]

Isn’t it funny how the same people who post things like shut up and dribble and you arent paid to talk… Are now in here claiming that we need to hear these athletes talk. You just can’t win.

[jjgold]

disgusting's girl

[KVB]