Murray on Osaka’s upbringing: ‘Part of the sport’

It was the match against the Russian Veronika Kudremetova in which one of the spectators shouted “Yes, you’re a lewd one.” Osaka, now ranked 78th in the world, tried to persuade the referee to take action, but no one heard. And after 0-3 in the first set, tears came. But Osaka managed to collect and continue the match and raised her match in the second set. But that wasn’t enough to turn the match around, which she lost 0-6.4-6.

– I’ve been mocked and sweated about crocheting before, so it didn’t really bother me. But then I thought about Venus and Serena. Osaka, the four-times Grand Slam winner, said this video should be watched by everyone, again bursting into tears before she left the field the night before Saturday Swedish time. The Williams sisters were ridiculed in 2001.

The spectator could not be determined.

Murray felt uncomfortable at the Davis Cup

– Of course I feel for Naomi and that she is upset, but at the same time it is something that has always happened in sports and has become part of the sport and something you have to prepare for, says Murray, who was beaten last night before. According to Reuters, Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik won 76- (9 -7) and 6-3.

At the same time, Murray believes that tennis has relatively escaped spectator nesting and compares it to what football players endure, for example, especially at corners and throwing ins.

I felt a little uncomfortable in two Davis Cup away games, says Murray, who represented Great Britain at the time.

Osaka was ranked number two in the world at the beginning of last year, but then suffered from mental illness and, among other things, jumped from the French championship after the first round and refrained from playing at Wimbledon.

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