Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka announced Wednesday she would not be participating in any media availability sessions at this year's French Open, which began on Monday. The 23-year-old said in a statement released on her Instagram account that these sessions had a detrimental impact on athletes' mental health.
“I’ve often felt that people have no regard for athletes [sic] mental health and this rings very true whenever I see a press conference or partake in one," Osaka wrote. "We’re often sat there and asked questions that we’ve been asked multiple times before or asked questions that bring doubt into our minds and I’m just not going to subject myself to people that doubt me.