Bicycling Australia

Is The Presser Dead?

“I’M NOT REALLY SURE WHY…I was telling myself to be calm, but I felt like there was maybe a boiling point. Normally, I feel like I like challenges, but recently, I feel very anxious when things don’t go my way—and I feel like you [the public] can feel that. I’m not really sure why it happens the way it happens now.”

This came from superstar tennis player Naomi Osaka’s press conference at the US Open in September, after her third round loss to eventual runner-up Leylah Fernandez, 73rd in the world before the meet. Japanese-born Osaka was ranked third.

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