‘You have to be prepared for that in some ways and be able to tolerate it’ Andy Murray has suggested that tennis players need ‘to be able to tolerate’ hecklers in the crowd after Naomi Osaka was reduced to tears by taunts in her Indian Wells defeat by Veronika Kudermetova. Osaka was upset by a […]

4 years ago

Venus and Serena Williams were heckled at the same tournament in 2001 Former world number one Naomi Osaka was reduced to tears after she was heckled by a member of the crowd during her defeat to Veronika Kudermetova at Indian Wells. The 24-year-old suffered a 6-0 6-4 loss to the Russian, and was taunted in […]

4 years ago

Osaka took it down to the wire Naomi Osaka has been knocked out of the Australian Open in the third round, losing to 20-year-old Amanda Anisimova. The defending champion took an early lead, winning the first set 6-4, before her American opponent enjoyed a resurgent second set, hitting 15 winners and levelling the scoring, winning […]

4 years ago

“I’m in shock of the current situation and I’m sending love and light her way.” World tennis champion Naomi Osaka is the latest athlete to voice concerns over the whereabouts of Peng Shuai. The Chinese tennis star has not been seen since posting allegations of sexual assault against a former senior Chinese official. Peng – […]

4 years ago

The Japanese star’s hopes of a medal at her home games are over. Naomi Osaka has suffered a shock exit in the third round of the tennis at the Olympics, after losing in straight sets to Czech Marketa Vondrousova. Osaka had been one of the faces of the Games in Tokyo and had the honour […]

5 years ago

Pier is at it again with yet another detrimental downplaying of mental health Piers Morgan is once again facing backlash on social media after tweets he posted mocking Naomi Osaka as she lit the torch during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic ceremony. The 23-year-old was chosen to light the torch for her home country at this […]

5 years ago