and may be forced out of the tourney.

Not sure how I feel about this. I get her mental health argument but its also part of the job.

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The media has adored her from the very beginning. She hasn’t had
to go through what Venus or Serena had to go through, or Arthur Ashe,
or Althea Gibson.

She cites her Mental Health. Well, if that’s the case take a break from tennis.
You’re still able to go out there and play. I think she just doesn’t want to answer
questions. She could be introverted. I get it. I am as well. But just answer the
questions and move on.

She has to have poor handlers, because the fact they would allow her
to get fined 15,000 is just insane. That adds up quickly in a tournament.

15,0000 vs 15 min press conference? hmmm, I don’t know which one to do..

Doing interviews is simple, some people even develop scripts for it.

She keeps this up and they will destroy her. You’re not special and you’re not
above all the other players who have to do press conferences. I can understand
skipping one here and there. Several have done it. But to say
you’re not doing anymore press conferences, is just don’t right unprofessional.

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and the crowd was booing because the ref punished Serena and gave Osaka a match because they said she cursed after he accused her coach of giving pointers from the stands.

After the match Osaka cried during her speech, apologized for winning and said she knew the crowd hated her.

I was thrown when she said it and couldn’t even understand how she came to that conclusion but I think that is how her mind works.

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to see if there was anything they could do or implement to
make the media process less stressful or difficult. She or her
mgt. team never responded or got back to them.

“According to the statement, French Open officials privately asked Osaka to reconsider her position and sought to speak with her about her well-being but got no response.”

Either something or someone is putting her up to this, or she is just that mentally sensitive. Either way it goes, it’s a huge breach of her contractual obligations.

Do the press conferences and then get the fock out of dodge. That’s what
most athletes do. All the other shit that the press try to do, you can tell them
to fock off.

Give me the focking 15 grand, instead of just focking off money like that.

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lmao

real man of genius here.

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I was referring to the extent of her mental sensitive...hence the word
“that”.

We don’t know what is going on behind the curtains. This just seems
strange and bizarre to me, and her approach prior to the French Open
happening.

Is she taking this stance to bring attention to mental health globally, or
to HER mental health, or all the above? There really isn’t a lot of clarity
on it, which is why the French Open reached out to her to get clarity.

I know mental health is a serious issue, but there needs to be more information
given from her or her camp. Simply given an announcement with no further discourse
or communication is unprofessional, and she is handling it in an unprofessional
matter.

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I think this is the real story.

they force nba players to wait a year after HS but you can go pro at like 14 in tennis..

and you are supposed to be able to process all that outside noise and criticism?

I can definitely see how doubt creeps in or the mind isn’t mature enough to handle tough questions.

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And in Tennis, to my knowledge there hasn’t been situations of
abuse,melt downs, etc.

The parents have always been available and there for support, because it were
the parents who put them down that path.


She isn’t going to get sympathy from anyone. Either do the pressers, or get
suspended from being able to compete on the tennis circuit. Plus she just started?
She’a not Serena or Steffi.

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no.. that isn’t how this works.

and we see what Tennis did to Mr Williams.

she doesn’t have to be the greatest ever to bring attention to this issue.

again, I think she will have to do them and should do them but she also has the blessing of Serena. We have seen Serena breakdown multiple times in pressers. They love seeing that shit too.

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this.

Serena has never broken down over the press. She shedded tears over
issues on the tennis court or when discussing retirement, but nothing
about the press conferences themselves. And she never refused to
speak to the press for an entire tournament or for the rest of her life.

The press in tennis is nothing like basketball or football, not even close.

If you lose, there will be questions asked, and there will be pressure based
on expectations. It comes with the territory.

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vs how young tennis players like Osaka where when she had to face the press

and you are right. Its not even close.

NBA and NFL are team sports. Real easy to say we/us/them vs it all being on an island by yourself.

and no, I never said Serena did the same thing. She has walked out of pressers early. She is also built differently than Osaka. That is the whole focking point.

you just made up a bunch of sh#t but I know that’s how you do.

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for an entire tourney or any other female tennis player that I can recall.
Serena and the press in itself were never an issue, or has ever been
an issue in the sport of tennis.

Only time tennis really gets coverage is during grand slam events,
and that is for about a two week run.

Plus she planned this prior to the event for whatever reason.

Now if she is having individual issues, then fine, step away, take time off.
But don’t draw this campaign or make it seem like the press is targeting her
or coming down on her.

Every tennis player has to do a press conference based on the policies
of each tourney. Osaka is not above that.

She has actually created more press than what would have been routine....

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have you never heard of Jennifer Capriati? Shit, Agassi admitted to smoking meth while on the tour and had to rock a wig to hide his hair loss as a cause of.

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But hell, what do I know?

They deal with media in college, the top in high school.
>

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

its for the money.

that was never my point. The point is going pro at 14 or 15 exposes you to an immense amount of media pressure and I’m sure its hard for some of the to handle to scrutiny.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKYA0irAAzg

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That’s the only way.

She’s using her power and privilege to speak up for herself and others.
Even not speaking to the media, will help the media win here because they’ll have a story to obsess over

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I think she can find a nice balance where she shows up but gives shorter answers.

but she will have to fulfill her obligations or it will continue to snowball

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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

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If elected officials aren’t required to do interviews, athletes shouldn’t be. Most of the questions are stupid and it has nothing to do with the actual sport. If sports organizations want the media to have access so badly, they can do the interviews themselves. I guess I’m the outlier who doesn’t give a shit about a post-game interview tho

Peace,

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media contracts. ABC/ESPN, NBC, CBS, etc. pay the sports leagues billions of dollars for broadcast rights, and that indirectly pays salaries for athletes. That’s why the athletes are contractually obligated to do interviews. I absolutely agree that most of the questions are stupid, but it’s part of the job.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

So this makes zero sense. If you take the money from the job you have to perform the job requirements, just like normal people.

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A foundation of a horribly sports-obsessed culture, to begin with, magnified by out-of-context sound bites and twisted clickbait headlines and relentless social media trolling. And a sprawling media complex desperate for content to feed our habits.

Then the same stupid questions over and again: "Did you feel...." "Talk us through..." "Can you say something about..."

An idea: if she's to be fined for skipping that bullshit, then every press-pass holder who asks her some fucking moronic, hateful, leading question should also be fined. And subsequent violations should lead to a permanent ban.

Players should be protected from having to deal with hacks. Problem solved.

Media obligations for an event like that seem awful and tedious. I'd really like to imagine a world where I can do all the fun parts of my job and none of the dumb bullshit. Seems like that begins with crossing my fingers that a famous world class athlete can pull it off.

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i could see if she was someone who the media had an adversarial relationship with.

She will be back. Or maybe not. She’s fucking stacking rn.

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$15K aint shit

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they not gonna the biggest player in the sport from the tournament. that'd make the whole thing a farce.

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>and may be forced out of the tourney.
>
>Not sure how I feel about this. I get her mental health
>argument but its also part of the job.

Depending on how badly the media and the officials handle this, she will get turned into a mascot and/or hero.

Zoomed out, put me down for ‘the right after it’s over post game interview format has long outlived its usefulness’. You’re mostly not going to get true emotion, real talk commentary, or amazing insight from the players. Coaches can’t exactly tell folks too much worth a damn either.

In 2021, we will end up arguing about the wrong thing. It’ll be all about how back in the day everyone was real Compton city Gs / deez kids now are Mark azz tricks who can’t deal with anything. Or we will end up in a mental health conversation where anything against the mental health angle will be viewed like booing a gospel song at the Apollo.

For my money, we should question if there’s anything to gain from these postgame talks.

>
>In 2021, we will end up arguing about the wrong thing. It’ll
>be all about how back in the day everyone was real Compton
>city Gs / deez kids now are Mark azz tricks who can’t deal
>with anything. Or we will end up in a mental health
>conversation where anything against the mental health angle
>will be viewed like booing a gospel song at the Apollo.
>

You're an entertainer lol that's why you making all this money. If you don't want to do it, don't play the events where these appearances are compulsory.

If nobody cared, and no one read the articles, no one would cover the sport or ask you questions.


And you wouldn't make much money.


The game is the game.



After a certain level of success no one looks forward to sitting at the merch table after shows, or doing press junkets for their movies, or doing readings for their books.


But the reasons why you still have to do it are obvious.


Is there any evidence of her being abused by the press? Cats throw their capes on for everyone these days.

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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

See if they really got the balls to pull her from the tournament.

Athletes need to show that they have the leverage. That they have autonomy over themselves. The Open needs her a lot more than she needs them

It’s the other way around. Tennis has been around for 100 years, and she is in the
early stages of her career. And there is a plethora of up and coming talent developing
and waiting in the background such as Coca Gauff,etc, as well as great talented players
on tour who have already beaten her.

Great players come and go, but the game will always be here. No one is
bigger than game.

The Problem isn’t tennis or the press, but since she is going to do the right
thing and take a break from competition, she will hopefully be able to figure things
out.

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Not just any match. They tune in specifically to see her.
She's the highest earning female athlete for a reason. People want to see her.

The sport of tennis isn't going to disappear without her. But you're kidding yourself if you think one of the most famous athletes in the world pulling out won't be detrimental to the 2021 French Open.

And the other tourneys are hoping she doesn't skip any more. Else there ad dollars are going to dry up.

They need her more than she needs them right now

they want her and access to her after the event because she generates a ton of clicks.

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*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

who gives a shit about these in-tourney press conferences, seriously. The only interesting one ever was when Nadal cramped up and slid under the table (granted that was legendary), otherwise I find it insanely disingenuous to get on Osaka’s case about this

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She also said on her Twitter page that she is taking a break
from competing. Good, take all the time that you need, and
work on whatever internal issues that are plaguing you.

Allowing yourself to get fined 15,000 a match is/was not the
way to tackle the situation.

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In the short term, she doesn't have to deal with the anxiety of the French press, or extra criticism from media and fans for playing and not doing interviews that are part of the job. That was abut to bring even more attention to her than before, which would have likely had an effect on her playing.

In the long term, thinking of her career going forward doing something like this might actually make future interviews more easy. First because of empathy for mental health concerns, but also because they realize that they may need her more than she needs them.

Stop.

.

> you have an issue with me shitting on the lakers then just
>say that lol.

keep doing gods work, cyren

(i only shat on the lakers cuz ryan m is being a dick)

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But as others in this thread have said, the media is part of the deal.

It's perfectly fine to push back on the stupid questions, but no athlete can refuse to deal with them.

I think that is somewhat of the / her point here too, maybe this will move the needle a bit in terms of certain obligations these players have?

First of all: The post-game interviews are TRASH. Half of the time its like «Yes hi good to see you did you like it today yes ok cool»

They add nothing to the game, they're way too formal and at the same time hella dumb.

I JUST WANTED TO WATCH HER PLAY. I bought a new online sports TV whatever subscription just to watch the French Open, mainly for her and Roger Federer. And now, I'm not watching her and that sucks of course. I'm fine if I never hear her voice on TV again, I'm good with her just posting whatever taco lunches on IG and playing beautiful tennis. Her performance on the court matters, her preferences after the game shouldn't matter - this much

That's you though.

The media is a big part of why she is rich. Lots of people (not you obviously) want to hear from athletes in all types of settings not just the ones in which they are most comfortable.

I never stood in line to talk to an artist at a merch table. I am fine with just seeing the show and going home but obviously LOTS of people want to have that interaction.

How many artists really want to sit at a merch table after a show? Not that many. After a certain level of success, it's a fucking headache.

But it also is how you get paid, so you either do it. Or accept that you are going to lose money.

The idea that your job should never have you doing anything that you are not super psyched about is ridiculous.

And while you don't care about interviews, lots of people do. I do!

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Everyone has a choice

Actually had a conversation with the higher up at my job IRT writing people up, discipline, etc...

The pandemic isn’t the time for some of this nonsense

It’s enough for some of us to just get through

If that’s what she needs to be well...she has my support

+1, did you hear some of the questions they’re asking CoCo?

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^ this is what a 17y.o. is dealing with...imagine the B$ Naomi goes through...

+2, Coco handled that.

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..When someone states that they're dealing with a mental health crisis (however slight or severe), the worst thing you can do is make light of it.

The media obligations in professional sports are important, but they're not everything. The manner in which the media is currently allowed to say/do/publish whatever they want without regard or repercussion is ridiculous. Its beyond insensitive and abusive.

"..but what about tradition?.. ..but what about the fines/$$$?.. this will destroy their career... "

None of that trumps the mental health & wellness of the people involved.




*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/31547549/grand-slam-tennis-leaders-pledge-address-naomi-osaka-concerns-players-mental-health

Grand Slam tennis leaders pledge to address Naomi Osaka's concerns about players' mental health

The leaders of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments reacted Tuesday to Naomi Osaka's stunning withdrawal from the French Open by promising to address players' concerns about mental health.

The pledge came in a statement signed by the same four administrators who threatened the possibility of disqualification or suspension for Osaka on Sunday if she continued to skip news conferences.

The four-time major champion and No. 2-ranked player was fined $15,000 when she didn't speak to reporters after her first-round victory at Roland Garros on Sunday. The next day, Osaka pulled out of the tournament entirely, saying she experiences "huge waves of anxiety" before meeting with the media and revealing she has "suffered long bouts of depression."

Osaka, a 23-year-old who was born in Japan and moved with her family to the U.S. at age 3, said she would "take some time away from the court now, but when the time is right I really want to work with the Tour to discuss ways we can make things better for the players, press and fans."

Tennis players are required to attend news conferences if requested to do so; Grand Slam rules allow for fines up to $20,000 if they don't show up.

"On behalf of the Grand Slams, we wish to offer Naomi Osaka our support and assistance in any way possible as she takes time away from the court. She is an exceptional athlete and we look forward to her return as soon as she deems appropriate," Tuesday's statement from those in charge of the French Open, Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open said. "Mental health is a very challenging issue, which deserves our utmost attention. It is both complex and personal, as what affects one individual does not necessarily affect another. We commend Naomi for sharing in her own words the pressures and anxieties she is feeling and we empathize with the unique pressures tennis players may face."

French tennis federation president Gilles Moretton, All England Club chairman Ian Hewitt, U.S. Tennis Association president Mike McNulty and Tennis Australia president Jayne Hrdlicka pledged to work with players, the tours and media "to improve the player experience at our tournaments" while making sure the athletes all are on a "fair playing field, regardless of ranking or status."

In a separate statement issued Tuesday to the AP via email, International Tennis Federation official Heather Bowler the sport will "review what needs to evolve" after Osaka "shone a light on mental health issues."

"It's in all our interests to ensure that we continue to provide a respectful and qualitative environment that enables all stakeholders to do their job to their best ability, without impacting their health, and for the good of the sport," Bowler wrote.

Various players, including Serena Williams, offered support for Osaka and praised her for being forthcoming in her statement on social media Monday.

"It's hard. Nobody really knows what anyone is going through, no matter how much they choose to show on the outside. I had no idea about her. But I respect her openness," Ann Li, 20, of the U.S. said after winning her first-round match Tuesday at Roland Garros. "Our generation is becoming more open and open, which can be a good thing and also a bad thing sometimes. I hope she's doing OK."


Gael Monfils, 34, who also won Tuesday in Paris, said he could relate to Osaka's concerns to an extent.

"It's a very tough situation for her. I feel for her, because I have been struggling quite a lot as well," said Monfils, of France. "What she's dealing is even tough for me to even judge, because I think she has massive pressure from many things. I think she's quite young. She's handling it quite well. Sometime we want maybe too much from her ... so sometime, for sure, she is going to do some mistake."

And then Monfils offered a sentiment surely shared by many around tennis, from tournament and tour officials to athletes to the sport's fans.

"We need Naomi. We need her definitely to be 100%," Monfils said. "We need her back on the court, back the press conference -- and back happy."



*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

mostly the idea that you are being compensated making everything in-bounds

I'm sure most of us deal with daily invasions in our lives for the sake of productivity...but we're getting paid, so OK?

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..mostly because they're incapable of recognizing anything other than their own limitations.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

>mostly the idea that you are being compensated making
>everything in-bounds

Who said that?

>
>I'm sure most of us deal with daily invasions in our lives for
>the sake of productivity...but we're getting paid, so OK?

If you are an entertainer, some things come with the job.

Maybe the job will change, although it's hard to see how it wouldn't still be very difficult for someone who is struggling with mental health on this level.


Either way, the main point is that she clearly needs to step away and get herself into a better place. Which is apparently what she is doing.

When Cat Power was melting down on stage due to anxiety, the problem was not fans and the grueling nature of touring, the problem was she wasn't mentally in a place to be playing live shows. Which is fine. Step away and take care of yourself. If depression and social anxiety are crippling you in this way, you may even want to assess if it's worth continuing in this career. You are young and incredibly wealthy. Just because you are good at professional tennis doesn't mean you have to do it forever.

Dave Chapelle walked away from his TV show, and was happier for it.

I'm from the lost black tribe of Israel, the Yos

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Not entertainers

Nobody should be expected to be on the job 24hrs a day

...well, except maybe the president. Yeah, the POTUS should be on the job at all times...

But we need to see them as people first.

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She said something about doubt

I kind of dismissed it like...how is a reporter going to make you doubt your game

... and there it is...

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Making foolish demands on people's time because "you get paid for it." Even though these demands wouldn't be relevant if these people didn't display world class ability on fields of play.

One would think that performing in front of hundreds of thousands of people and not shitting your pants demonstrates enough "mental toughness" but, settler culture.

>Making foolish demands on people's time because "you get paid
>for it." Even though these demands wouldn't be relevant if
>these people didn't display world class ability on fields of
>play.

That's the economy that is allowing her to generate an obscene amount of personal wealth at a very young age.

If this were a different sort of economy, perhaps she would be playing for free/fun and living happily in a modest communal home.

But here we are, in the world as it exists.

I'm from the lost black tribe of Israel, the Yos

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>>Making foolish demands on people's time because "you get
>paid
>>for it." Even though these demands wouldn't be relevant if
>>these people didn't display world class ability on fields of
>>play.
>
>That's the economy that is allowing her to generate an obscene
>amount of personal wealth at a very young age.
>
>If this were a different sort of economy, perhaps she would be
>playing for free/fun and living happily in a modest communal
>home.
>
>But here we are, in the world as it exists.

sideline reporting and post game/match interviews are stupid as fuck. they don't add or enhance anything. you get much better content and quality from one on one scheduled events.

again, if she wasn't good at tennis, no one would give a fuck what she said and when.

>again, if she wasn't good at tennis, no one would give a fuck
>what she said and when.

in this age of direct-to-fan social media, we got people arguing that Osaka's compensation is very much dependent on the "one day at a time" quotes given to fucking online newspapers and TV stations

and if world-class players don't talk to the media, the media will stop covering them. and the best tennis players in the world will be stuck playing at the YMCA as a hobby, because NBC is just going to show...something else!

*head tilt*

sports media and TV stations need Osaka, not the other way around

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A fan yelling you suck... when you're sucking...is no where near what the Williams sisters endured at Indian Wells

I'm pretty sure that wasn't the intent of her statement... but that was a real lazy comparison to even mention

I was rooting for her
...but reporters are mean to me...
...fans say mean things...

Sounds more like she's not cut out for this than a mental health issue.

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I was expecting something legit based on the Twitter wagon circling
Can’t compare that at all to the Williams treatment at that tournament

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Thinking if someone shouted that at me in my workplace...depending on my mood, might ignore it, or might just drop the dude. And I'd feel well within my rights.

And if someone shouted that at someone I cared about, well, all bets are off. Accountability, son.

But young woman trying her best, and she's "not built for it." Not built to take verbal abuse. Because she should be, because....???

I took a similar defense in this post
But I can't defend her anymore
She chose to be a professional athlete
Pressers and hecklers come with the job.

What's really bothering me is I thought this would be an opportunity to focus on mental health, initially
It's starting to feel like excuses for losing
a #1 seed losing the first game of a 2nd round matchup 6-0 eliciting a you suck from a spectator is not verbal abuse, it's a fact.

Further
She's in a publicized celebrity relationship with Cordae
She's launched a cosmetic brand
and a clothing line

If someone was unhappy with those products, would it be verbal abuse to say they suck...?

She doesn't have to be a professional tennis player
She doesn't have to be in a celebrity relationship
She doesn't have to be a brand ambassador
Those are choices.

I was with her stepping away to focus on her mental health
She obviously still has work to do there
She's an incredibly gifted athlete physically
But mental toughness and fortitude are also characteristics that a professional athlete needs

It just may be a situation where she doesn't have the latter <shrug>

A 24y.o. shouldn't be reduced to tears by that incident IMO.

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>hecklers come with the job.

Why?

You're on a sports page of an internet message board
...and you're asking why fans are irrational...?
That's not even worthy of exploring IMO
and it's really disappointing that this topic has devolved to the level of intimating that all audiences should be silent because of 1 person
Have a good weekend.

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If you can't understand it without an explanation

you can't understand it with an explanation

>That's not even worthy of exploring IMO

Seems like that's much more important than asking why an athlete isn't "tough" enough to endure abuse. Also seems to me that "mental fortitude" and the like should be the ability to outlast/outwork/outplay one's opponent, even when the odds seem against you.

>and it's really disappointing that this topic has devolved to
>the level of intimating that all audiences should be silent
>because of 1 person

Why does not abusing a player = having to be silent?

>Have a good weekend.

Sorry if being asked perfectly reasonable questions about the bounds of appropriate audience behavior makes you want to quit the discussion. You have a good weekend as well.