{"id":110377,"date":"2021-06-04T09:18:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T03:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=110377"},"modified":"2021-06-04T10:45:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T05:15:11","slug":"lessons-from-naomi-osaka-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lessons-from-naomi-osaka-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from Naomi Osaka Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>Synopsis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The withdrawal of Naomi Osaka from the French Open has raised the issue of the mental well-being of the athletes. The situation exposes the deep pressure through which an athlete has to go for fulfilling its commercial obligations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Background<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world number 2 tennis player (<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/naomi-osaka-episode-and-mental-health-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naomi Osaka<\/a>) has withdrawn from the recent French Open tournament.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The withdrawal was on account of extreme mental stress and anxiety through which the athlete was going since the 2018 US Open tournament.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Understanding the issue<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naomi wrote about the compulsion to attend post-match press conferences four days before the onset of the French open tournament.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later, she skipped her first post-match conference and was fined $15000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subsequently, a joint statement of 4 great slams threatened her with defaults and suspensions in future tournaments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, this statement backfired, and she withdrew from the tournament on account of severe mental stress posed by press conferences.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Lessons from this episode<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>First<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the issue of mental stress and anxiety is present in almost every sporting event.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Second<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the organizers&#8217; insistence on media interaction may leave a deep impact on the mental well-being of an athlete.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The media doesn\u2019t shy away from asking personal questions for raising the TRPs in their interview. This generates higher revenues but impairs the mental health of athletes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Third<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, there are many athletes who are not as wealthy as Naomi. They are unable to quit the tournament and continue to face repeated mental stress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Fourth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the instance shows the existence of a disconnect between how critics and spectators interpret the sport\u2019s nature and what it actually is. The instance has once again proved that all that glitters is not gold.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Way Forward:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rules pertaining to press conferences should change in an ever-evolving sport.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The focus should be on making the process more player-friendly and nurturing a connection with journalists based on trust and empathy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further, the issue presents an opportunity to augment conversation surrounding players&#8217; mental health.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=GV68KRMC0.1&amp;imageview=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: The withdrawal of Naomi Osaka from the French Open has raised the issue of the mental well-being of the athletes. The situation exposes the deep pressure through which an athlete has to go for fulfilling its commercial obligations. Background: The world number 2 tennis player (Naomi Osaka) has withdrawn from the recent French Open&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lessons-from-naomi-osaka-episode\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lessons from Naomi Osaka Episode<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1351,1310,9],"tags":[1289],"class_list":["post-110377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-public","tag-soc_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704916266},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}