Hyderabad, June 4 -- Japanese Tennis player Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open after a row over her refusal to speak to the media. In hertweet, announcing the decision, she also revealed that she "suffered long bouts of depression" since winning her first grand slam in the 2018 US Open.

The four-time Grand slam champion said last week that she would not do press conferences at the tournament to protect her mental health. "I've often felt that people have no regard for athletes' mental health and this rings very true whenever I see a press conference or partake in one," she tweeted. "I believe that the whole situation is kicking a person while they're down".

On Sunday, Osaka was fined $15,000 for not attending the post-match ...