Andy Murray and Naomi Osaka, even if they are not so close, share a very nice relationship. Naomi was very supportive when commenting about Murray’s struggle and comeback, and the Brit also has some kind words for the Japanese sensation.
Naomi Osaka hit the headlines when she decided to retire from the French Open a few weeks ago. Previously, Naomi announced that she would not have participated to any press conference during the French major, citing mental health. The slams didn’t take it nicely and they threatened to suspend her if she would have kept her position of not taking part in the pressers.
When asked to elaborate about Naomi Osaka’s situation, Andy Murray commented:
“I really hope that she gets better and that she gets the help that she needs to feel better. I believe that tennis will work with her and her team to find solutions to whatever it is that’s triggering her anxiety or depression. I wish it’d been handled differently because I don’t think anybody came out of it well.
I can’t believe her team, if the press was what was making her feel depressed or anxious, hadn’t communicated that to the Grand Slams or to the WTA to try to find a solution around it.”
Murray was critical about the decision to threaten Osaka to default her to say:
“And I don’t think it was a good look for the tours in terms of wanting to default her. As soon as she said on social media that she’d been dealing with depression, the stance from the Slams and tennis changed and was quite different.
But I do feel if I went to the Grand Slams [and said] that this is what I’m dealing with, and spoke to them directly, they would try to help.”
Will Naomi Osaka play in Wimbledon?
There are still dolls if Naomi Osaka will play Wimbledon in a couple of weeks. The organization of the Championships said that they didn’t receive any former withdrawal from Naomi Osaka’s team. However, Naomi withdrew from the WTA500 event that is currently played in Berlin and was a warm-up event for Wimbledon.
Murray in London, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently the world no.124, the Brit owns a compiled 6-3 record in 2021. The Brit is now competing in London where he bested Benoit Paire 6-3 6-2.
Andy Murray will take on the world no.9 Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round. Their current record is 1-0 for Murray.
Murray got to the final in the Biella 1 Challenger.
Murray won 46 titles in his career: 20 on hard courts, 3 on clay courts, 14 on indoor courts, 1 on carpet courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Naomi Osaka in 2021
Currently ranked no.2, the Japanese played her last match on the 30th of May when she beat world no.61 Patricia Maria Tig 6-4 7-6(4) in the 1st round of the French Open (draw).
This season Naomi has an overall 14-3 win-loss record. The Japanese has won 1 title at the Australian Open.
