{"id":277263,"date":"2021-06-17T19:40:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T16:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wimbledon-courting-naomi-osaka-return-with-consultation\/"},"modified":"2021-06-17T19:40:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T16:40:10","slug":"wimbledon-courting-naomi-osaka-return-with-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wimbledon-courting-naomi-osaka-return-with-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Wimbledon courting Naomi Osaka return with ‘consultation’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Wimbledon courting Naomi Osaka return with ‘consultation’<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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If Naomi Osaka is playing chicken with Wimbledon, it app<\/a>ears she\u2019s winning.<\/p>\n

The bosses of the upcoming grass-court Grand Slam, which begins June 28, have extended several very public olive branches to Osaka in recent days and hinted at compromising over the tournament\u2019s media<\/a> obligations \u2013 seemingly in an effort to get the tennis superstar to commit to playing in London.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have spoken to her [Osaka\u2019s] team in the last few weeks,\u201d All England Club chief executive Sally Bolton told the BBC on Thursday, per Reuters<\/a>. \u201cSo yes, we\u2019re certainly remaining engaged with Naomi\u2019s team, as we are with all players. We have started a consultation. Of course, that consultation needs to include not just the players, but the media and all of those engaged in that space.\u201d<\/p>\n

The previous day, tournament director Jamie Baker said he had informed Osaka\u2019s team that Wimbledon organizers were \u201ccompletely open for any discussions.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Naomi Osaka plays in the first round of the French Open.<\/figcaption>
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Osaka, 23, withdrew from the French Open in a swirl of controversy in late May while revealing she suffers from anxiety and depression. She faced backlash and was threatened with expulsion from the French over her stated intention to skip mandatory post-match news<\/a> conferences.<\/p>\n

The conciliatory messages come after Wimbledon had co-signed the initial statement from the sport\u2019s four majors scolding Osaka for not attending her press conference after a first-round win at the French Open. They also were a part of a softer press release after her withdrawal that said, in part, \u201cTogether as a community we will continue to improve the player experience at our tournaments, including as it relates to media.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A general<\/a> view of Wimbledon.<\/figcaption>
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Osaka has followed through on her plans to \u201ctake some time away from the court\u201d after the drama in Paris. The world No. 2 pulled out of a grass-court warmup tournament in Berlin last week, either passively or actively heightening the sense that she might not return in time for Wimbledon. <\/p>\n

The tournament surely wants her star wattage on its manicured lawns, perhaps even more so after witnessing a French Open singles final between Barbora Krejcikova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. On the men\u2019s side, twenty-time major winner Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Wimbledon field on Thursday. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am not a natural public speaker and get huge waves of anxiety before I speak to the world\u2019s media. I get really nervous and find it stressful to always try to engage and give you the best answers I can,\u201d Osaka wrote on social media in announcing her withdrawal from the French Open. \u201cSo here in Paris I was already feeling vulnerable and anxious, so I thought it was better to exercise self-care and skip the press conferences. I announced it preemptively because I do feel like the rules are quite outdated in parts and I wanted to highlight that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the time is right, I really want to work with the Tour to discuss ways we can make things better for the players, press and fans.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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