REUTERS: Wimbledon organisers have been in touch with girls’s world quantity two Naomi Osaka and different gamers in regards to the match’s media operations this yr, chief government Sally Bolton mentioned on Thursday (Jun 17).
4-times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open earlier than the second spherical within the wake of the controversy attributable to her resolution to skip necessary post-match information conferences on the match.
She revealed that she had been struggling bouts of tension and despair since bursting into the limelight by profitable the U.S. Open in 2018, the primary of her 4 Grand Slams.
“Now we have spoken to her (Osaka’s) staff in the previous couple of weeks,” Bolton informed BBC. “So sure, we’re actually remaining engaged with Naomi’s staff, as we’re with all gamers.
“Now we have began a session. In fact, that session wants to incorporate not simply the gamers, however the media and all of these engaged in that house.”
Earlier on Wednesday, match director Jamie Baker mentioned he knowledgeable Osaka’s staff that organisers had been “utterly open for any discussions” in case of any points.
Wimbledon is because of start on Jun 28.