>Tennis is highly protected from the press than any other
>sport, because
>there is no locker room access, which is why press conferences
>are highly important.
>That is the only time the press has access to the athlete to
>ask them questions.
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>The press is not allowed to go into the locker room to ask
>questions, nor can they
>meet them outside the stadium. They are only allowed to access
>the athlete during
>that 10-15 min press conference. And that was set up to
>protect the younger athletes
>so they wouldn’t get overwhelmed.
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>Also, keep in mind that the press is different in every
>country. The European press is
>the most aggressive press there is, especially in France.
>France is a country that
>feels they can talk or ask anything, regardless of how
>sensitive or aggressive it is.
>So Naomi’s boycott was ,in a way , directed towards the
>Press in France. She didn’t
>boycott the press in Australia, nor were there in issues in
>Australia. That was
>another issue I had with how everything was projected. It
>threw all media outlets
>under the bus, when all country’s don’t have the same
>media platform.
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>In general, all tennis players endure the same repetitive
>questioning,
>where some of the questions may be aggressive and insensitive,
>and some
>are just basic, simple questions.
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>But no tennis player in the world gets more bad press than
>Nick Kyrgios.
>No one. He gets degraded constantly. And I’m still trying
>understand
>what bad press Naomi has received....I don’t recall any.
>Questioning
>someone’s ability on a particular surface is not bad press
>or attacking
>someone. Those are just specific questions about someone’s
>ability in the
>game. It’s fair questioning.
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