Tennis:King lauds Osaka for mental health stand, calls it 'fantastic progress'

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Tennis great Billie Jean King has praised Naomi Osaka for speaking out on mental health issues and her stand against racial injustice.Japan's Osaka withdrew from this year's French Open after being fined and threatened with expulsion for refusing to do media duties, which she said had contributed to the d

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Tennis great Billie Jean King has praised Naomi Osaka for speaking out on mental health issues and her stand against racial injustice.

Osaka was joined by King, mercurial Australian Nick Kyrgios and former American player Mardy Fish for a discussion hosted by Racquet Magazine on the eve of the U.S. Open. "Every time I go to any place now I have to talk about mental health. Why? Because you guys talked about it. That's fantastic progress."

"After my first Slam, I was supposed to be the good girl," Osaka said."But now that I'm talking about stuff that bothers me, I think it's confusing a lot of people. I honestly don't know what people think about me."

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