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òòò½ÊÓÆµU athletes train to deal with media

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (òòò½ÊÓÆµ News) òòò½ÊÓÆµ” Naomi Osaka, perhaps the best womanòòò½ÊÓÆµ™s tennis player in the world today, stunning the sporting world this weekend when the four-time Grand Slam winner first refused to do post-match media interviews then withdrew from the tournament while admitting to fighting bouts of depression.

Of the two, the questions surrounding mental health far outweigh any tennis journalists could hurl at her and, certainly, they must be addressed by mental health professionals rather than the administration of the French Open.

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