Tennis star Naomi Osaka addresses the crowd at Indian Wells after being heckled by spectator.
, when they took their seats to watch Serena Williams in the final against Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters.
The crowd continued to heckle Serena Williams when she came out to play the final and continued to boo her periodically throughout the entire match. When Serena Williams won the match, she was subsequently booed during the awards ceremony. Following the tennis tournament and racist comments that Richard Williams alleged were directed at him during the incident, the Williams sisters boycotted the Indian Wells tournament for 14 years, even though it has been a mandatory stop on the WTA tour since 2009. Serena Williams ended the boycott in 2015 and played.
Osaka, who ended her address to the crowd by congratulating her opponent, opened up about her struggle with depression in 2021 afterThe tennis player, who said she wouldn't be doing any press events during the tournament due to a lack of care for athletes' mental health, created some controversy for her decision to abstain from press obligations, which resulted in a fine issued to her by French Open officials.
"I am not a natural public speaker and get huge waves of anxiety before I speak to the world's media," she added.tennis legend Billie Jean King"I feel for Naomi," Serena Williams said about the situation after a first round win at the 2021 French Open."I feel like I wish I could give her a hug, because I know what it's like."
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