Naomi Osaka’s No-Win Standoff with the French Open
Mark My Words
JUNE 15, 2021
The post-match press conference has yielded as many iconic moments as it has sporting clichés: I’m thinking of Kevin Keegan’s infamous ‘ I will love it’ rant, former Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson’s ‘ostrich’ tirade , and, further afield, Mike Tyson’s ‘I wanna eat your children’. With the press conference come a fair share of gaffes. One understands, then, Naomi Osaka’s reluctance to engage in this high pressure format, which—depending whether win or loss—finds athletes either at the
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