{"id":451598,"date":"2022-05-23T20:02:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T17:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/naomi-osaka-hints-at-skipping-sort-of-pointless-wimbledon\/"},"modified":"2022-05-23T20:02:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T17:02:52","slug":"naomi-osaka-hints-at-skipping-sort-of-pointless-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/naomi-osaka-hints-at-skipping-sort-of-pointless-wimbledon\/","title":{"rendered":"#Naomi Osaka hints at skipping sort of &#8216;pointless&#8217; Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dfc6924150\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dfc6924150\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/naomi-osaka-hints-at-skipping-sort-of-pointless-wimbledon\/#%E2%80%9CNaomi_Osaka_hints_at_skipping_sort_of_%E2%80%98pointless_Wimbledon%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Naomi Osaka hints at skipping sort of &#8216;pointless&#8217; Wimbledon&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNaomi_Osaka_hints_at_skipping_sort_of_%E2%80%98pointless_Wimbledon%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Naomi Osaka hints at skipping sort of &#8216;pointless&#8217; Wimbledon&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Naomi Osaka might be skipping Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>The ATP and WTA have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/olympics.nbcsports.com\/2022\/05\/20\/wimbledon-atp-wta-ranking-points\/\">announced<\/a> ranking points won\u2019t be awarded at Wimbledon with Russian and Belarusian players banned for their countries\u2019 invasion of Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters after her first-round loss to Amanda Anisimova at the French Open, Osaka said that would make her consider the major an \u201cexhibition\u201d rather than a meaningful competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure why, but I feel like if I play Wimbledon without points, it\u2019s more like an exhibition,\u201d she said. \u201cI know this isn\u2019t true, right? But my brain just like feels that way. Whenever I think something is like an exhibition, I just can\u2019t go at it 100 percent. I didn\u2019t even make my decision yet, but I\u2019m leaning more towards not playing given the current circumstances, but that might change.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240856494.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Naomi Osaka said she is leaning towards skipping Wimbledon, which she labeled as resembling an &quot;exhibition&quot; given that ranking points won't be awarded.\" class=\"wp-image-22375016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240856494.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240856494.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Naomi Osaka said she is leaning towards skipping Wimbledon, which she labeled as resembling an \u201cexhibition\u201d given that ranking points won\u2019t be awarded.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She added that the decision on whether to award points for the tournament is impacting her mental <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say the decision is kind of affecting my mentality coming into grass. I\u2019m not 100 percent sure if I\u2019m gonna go there,\u201d she aid. \u201cI would love to go just to get some experience on the grass court, but at the same time for me \u2014 it\u2019s kind of like, I don\u2019t want to say pointless, no pun intended, but I\u2019m the type of player that gets motivated by seeing my ranking go up or stuff like that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I think the intention is really good but the execution is kind of all over the place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Osaka did not play Wimbledon last year, amid her personal break that came after her discomfort in participating in post-match press conferences.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The ATP and WTA have announced ranking points won\u2019t be awarded at Wimbledon with Russian and Belarusian players banned for their countries\u2019 invasion of Ukraine. Speaking with reporters after her first-round loss to Amanda Anisimova at the French Open, Osaka&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":451599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240856494.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[129548,73125,71080,109708],"class_list":["post-451598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-5-23-22","tag-french-open","tag-naomi-osaka","tag-wimbledon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}