'I feel like I'm kind of at this point where I'm trying to figure out what I want to do,' says Naomi Osaka, breaking down in tears after an upset loss to Fil-Canadian teen Leylah Fernandez. USOpen
, Osaka's return to Flushing Meadows did not go to plan, as she wordlessly left the court after uncharacteristically losing her cool in the second set tiebreak.
"Like normally I feel like I like challenges. But recently I feel very anxious when things don't go my way, and I feel like you can feel that. I'm not really sure why it happens the way it happens now." In the ninth game Osaka rushed through her serves, not even waiting for the crowd to quiet down, as she was unable to create a single break point opportunity in the final set.
She told fans that she has struggled with depression for years, prompting new discussion around mental health in professional sport.
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