French Open officials have threatened to throw world number two Naomi Osaka out of the tournament after an explosive move on day one.
“We have advised Naomi Osaka that should she continue to ignore her media obligations, she would be exposing herself to possible further code of conduct infringement consequences,” said a statement from the four Grand Slam tournaments after issuing the world No. 2 with an $AUD19,000 fine .
Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam title winner and sport’s highest-earning female athlete, was sanctioned for refusing to hold a press conference after her opening 6-4 7-6 victory over Romanian world No. 63 Patricia Maria Tig.refuse to carry out any media obligationsShe likened traditional post-match inquests to “kicking people when they’re down” and on Monday morning , several hours after being threatened with disqualification, took to Twitter and wrote: “Anger is a lack of understanding.
“Naomi Osaka today chose not to honour her contractual media obligations. The Roland Garros referee has therefore issued her a $15,000 fine.”“For me, playing on clay is a work in progress,” said the reigning US and Australian Open champion on a sun-kissed Court Philippe Chatrier.And that was that from a player who has now strung together 15 successive Grand Slam match wins.
“There is nothing more important than ensuring no player has an unfair advantage over another, which unfortunately is the case in this situation if one player refuses to dedicate time to participate in media commitments while the others all honour their commitments,” they said.Novak Djokovic’s default at last year’s US Open where the world No.
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