Naomi Osaka Pens Candid Essay on Mental Health Struggles, Says We Need to 'Protect' Athletes
Naomi Osaka is speaking her piece.In a powerful essay for, the tennis player opened up about her decision to withdraw from the French Open, the mental health struggles she's been dealing with for years and why she believes athletes deserve a periodic «mental break.»Ahead of the French Open's start in late May, Osaka made headlines when she announced she would not be participating in press conferences during the tournament; she wrote at the time that she believed the practice harmful to athletes' mental health.«I've often felt that people have no regard for athletes' mental health and this rings very true whenever I see a press conference or partake in one,» she shared. «We're often sat there and asked questions that we've been asked