The former world’s number one female tennis player, Naomi Osaka has been attracting the headlines since she openly spoke about the mental health issues of the athletes. After that, she has been facing many criticisms as well as a round of applause for speaking up about one of the crucial issues of modern times. However, Osaka is not in the mood to digest the bad criticisms. In fact, she is slamming those directly like a queen!
It is not the first time this four-time Australian Open winner went vocal about mental health issues. Even during her break from tennis, she dropped inspirational messages for aspiring women in sports. However, the path of enlightening people about mental health wasn’t so easy. But Osaka is not stopping for those negativities anytime soon.
Naomi Osaka hits back at the people for speaking unnecessary things against her
Naomi Osaka might have been taking a break to come back to the 2024 Wimbledon Championship in full force but she wasn’t ready to drop her mental health initiatives for athletes. Previously this rising tennis star stepped back from the 2021 French Open due to her issues with anxiety and depression but people didn’t seem to take that well. While the critics are in no chill but to tag her as a “Spoiled brat” or “Diva”, Naomi Osaka took her official X (formerly Twitter) to hit back at those criticisms. Yes, Osaka left her introverted nature to speak about the criticisms openly. Osaka tweeted- “It’s always people with no life talking sh** about others. Like damn, do you want me to give you a job application?”
Naomi Osaka’s statement might appear harsh but it was coming after the several criticisms she faced for speaking up about mental health. Previously, Ukrainian tennis player, Elina Svitolina opened up about her challenges in balancing family, tennis, and motherhood. Considering that women are expected to also ensure household, these female tennis stars facing depression is not a surprising fact, considering they had to prioritize their tennis secondly for childbirth.
While Osaka’s tweet crossed over 130K views on X, her fans are surely very supportive of seeing their favorite tennis star overcome her issues. While they have high hopes, fans are also surprised to see Osaka in this new badass avatar. Want to know what Osaka’s fans commented on her tweet?
Naomi Osaka’s fans raise support in favor of the tennis player
After Osaka’s tweet, her fans came forward to support her. At least the comment thread of her tweet replicated such. For example, when Osaka angrily spoke about handing out a job application to people criticizing her, one of her fans asked for a job jokingly- “i don’t talk shit about sweet queen Naomi, but I would like the job application anyway.“ People expressed that Naomi Osaka is truly over her introverted and reserved nature.
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Osaka’s fans commented about how assured they are about Osaka’s power-packed return in 2024-“yeah she’s coming for blood next year heheh.”
People openly supported Osaka over negative people. A fan named @realreec has suggested to not let the haters take over her with their negativity.
The majority were stunned seeing soft-spoken Naomi Osaka getting mad on social media openly- “Had to check that this was in fact Naomi lmao.”
Naomi Osaka’s comment shows that she is neither afraid nor impacted by the negative things some people say about her. Instead, she is focused on coming back as a champion and advocating for athletes’ mental health more vividly.
