Time magazine’s Olympic preview issue that athletes should be allowed to sometimes skip media obligations without punishment."Perhaps we should give athletes the right to take a mental break from media scrutiny on a rare occasion without being subject to strict sanctions," she wrote.Before the French Open began, the 23-year-old said that she would not speak to the media during the tournament, adding that those interactions were sometimes uncomfortable and would create doubts for her on the court.
After her first-round victory in Paris, Osaka was fined $15,000 for skipping her mandatory news conference and threatened by the four Grand Slam tournaments with the possibility of disqualification or suspension if she continued to avoid the.