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20 hours ago
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- Daily Mirror
Wimbledon ace hits out with 'sad' complaint after her emotional press conference
Naomi Osaka was understandably emotional after crashing out of Wimbledon following a loss to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, but she was also annoyed about a social media post of her press conference Naomi Osaka was left incensed with coverage of her press conference on social media after her Wimbledon defeat, as she took aim at the increased attention she receives following losses. The four-time Grand Slam champion was knocked out of the tournament on Friday after succumbing to a 3-6 6-4 6-4 at the hands of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. It was yet another run at the All England Club where Osaka has failed to progress past the third round, despite initially impressing with straight sets wins over Talia Gibson and Katerina Siniakova in the opening two rounds. The Japanese star, who lives in California, continues her wait to add to her Grand Slam tally with her last major victory coming at the Australian Open in 2021. The 27-year-old's third-round run this month is also the joint-furthest she's made it in a Grand Slam since the 2022 Australian Open. The former No. 1 was expectedly despondent when speaking to reporters after the loss to her Russian opponent, with portions of her emotional press conference being shared on social media. Upon finding parts of her interview going viral online, Osaka was left annoyed with the increased attention she receives after defeats where she's noticeably down in her mood. Article continues below Taking to Threads, she hit out at ESPN's coverage in paricular, writing: "Bro why is it every time I do a press conference after a loss the ESPNs and blogs gotta clip it and put it up. Wtf, why don't they clip my press conferences after I win? Like why push the narrative that I'm always sad? "Sure I was disappointed a couple hours ago, now I'm motivated to do better. That's human emotions. The way they clip me I feel like I should be fake happy all the time," the current world No. 53 concluded. In her press conference, Osaka revealed she felt nothing following the loss and vowed to work on being more positive about herself in the face of defeat. "In Paris, I was very emotional," she said. "Now I don't feel anything, so I guess I'd prefer to feel nothing than everything. "It's not like I can really even be mad at myself. I was thinking about the break points that I had. She hit some really good serves. Then she hit a backhand. I can't really do that much about it. "Obviously I'm still going to beat myself up a little bit. I'm just going to be a negative human being today. I'm so sorry. I have nothing positive to say about myself, which is something I'm working on. "It was my daughter's birthday so I was happy about that this week but other than that, it's just today I'm just constantly replaying the match now." For Osaka, her focus now turns to the US Open next month, a Slam she's won twice in her career with her most recent triumph coming in 2020.
7NEWS
2 days ago
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Tennis champion Naomi Osaka makes brutal admission after Wimbledon loss then turns on media
Tennis champion Naomi Osaka is unhappy with the way she is constantly portrayed by several media outlets. Osaka is an Australian Open and US Open champion but, after winning the Australian Open in 2021 and later taking time out to give birth, the former world No.1 has failed to progress past the third round of a major tournament. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Naomi Osaka devastated after Wimbledon loss. Her bid to reach the last-16 of a slam again failed overnight at Wimbledon, after she surrendered a one-set lead to go down 3-6 6-4 6-4 to former French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. And in the press conference that followed Osaka cut a sad and dejected figure, where she was brutally honest. 'Honestly, right now I'm just really upset,' she said after the match. 'I'm just gonna be a negative human being today. 'I'm so sorry. I have nothing positive to say about myself, which is something I'm working on. 'It was my daughter's birthday. I was happy about that this week. Other than that, today, I'm just constantly replaying the match. 'I think if I look back on it, I can be happy with how I played. I started getting a lot more comfortable on grass. 'It's because I actually thought I could play well in general. Not saying I didn't play well, but make a deep run here. I wanted to do better than I did before. Also, I felt like I was trying so hard. I low-key busted a vein in my hand.' 'I feel like, while I still have the opportunity to try to (compete), I want to. 'Even though I get very upset when I lose, but I think that's my competitive nature.' Osaka was also in tears at the French Open when she lost to Paula Badosa in the third set ... and after the Wimbledon loss she was asked to compare the two experiences. 'I think in Paris ... when I sat here, I was very emotional. Now I don't feel anything,' she said. 'I guess I prefer to feel nothing than everything.' The press conference went viral where it was splashed across social media and various media outlets. But the 27-year-old later fumed about how she was portrayed. 'Bro ... why is it every time I do a press conference after a loss the ESPNs and blogs gotta clip it and put it up,' she said on X (formerly Twitter). 'WTF, why don't they clip my press conferences after I win? Like, why push the narrative that I'm always sad? 'Sure I was disappointed a couple hours ago, now I'm motivated to do better. That's human emotions. The way they clip me I feel like I should be fake happy all the time.' Osaka is one of the most marketable players on the tournament and has strong army of fans across the world, particularly in Japan (who she represents) and in the US (where she lives). And after the press conference, fans reached out. 'I am sending Naomi Osaka so much love. I hate to see her looking and feeling down. It appears she hasn't been herself in a while and that's so hard to see,' one fan said.
