Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka has officially announced her withdrawal from the French Open tennis tournament, as of Monday afternoon.
In a tweet published to her official account on Monday, the young tennis sensation told the world that she’d be stepping back from the game for a bit to focus on her own mental health and social anxiety issues. Related: Lili Reinhart Offers Up Very Candid Post About Depression And Mental Health Of course, as we previously reported, this all stems from Osaka’s earlier issue with not wanting to attend post-match press conferences.
Suffering from social anxiety, she had previously been fined $15,000 and threatened with possibly being disqualified from the tournament if she chose not to go to her post-match press