Naomi Osaka threatened with grand-slam ban due to press conference boycott
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msn.comfrom the French Open and suspended from future majors if she sticks to her position of boycotting press conferences, according to a joint statement released on Sunday by the four grand-slam events.
Osaka sparked a debate last week by saying that press conferences show “no regard for athletes’ mental health” and “bring doubt into our minds”.
She seemed unconcerned about incurring fines for non-attendance – which will hardly make a dent in her estimated annual income of $50m – and suggested that they could be donated to a mental-health charity.
But Sunday’s response from the grand slams promised escalating penalties if Osaka does not climb down, as well as an immediate fine of $15,000 for her non-appearance in front of the media after.
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