>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.
>
>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.
>

Thank goodness for this ^^^^. Not to take away from Naomi, but the William sisters were absolutely brutalized by the media, yet these teen women had the mental capacity at that time not to lash out in front of reporters/cameras who purposely tried them.

An incident, that Serena wrote in Time Magazine stood out, when her sister, Venus withdraw from the Indian Wells Tournament due to an injury and a racial comment/epithet was hurled at her father in front of her by a spectator. They both walked back to the locker room, and Venus lashed out by breaking her racket and some equipment, while seeing her dad cry and boycotted the event for 15 years. And the media saying they taking it too far.

and years later, Venus isnt too fond of the press "you'll never light a candle to me." i know that's right.