If you stick solely to the major American sports you might not have heard about the big news broiling over in tennis circles from a couple of days ago. Naomi Osaka, number-two ranked women’s tennis player in the world announced she would not be doing any press conferences during the upcoming French Open. Her reasons included both that it was bad for her mental health and that the questions were largely repetitive and can cause an athlete to doubt themself.
There’s been a lot of handwringing among both members of the media and other tennis stars in response to this news.