Tennis: Osaka must find 'safe space' to overcome issues, says Evert

Three-time Wimbledon champion Evert won her first Grand Slam title, aged 19, at the French Open in 1974 and finished her illustrious career with 18 singles majors.Osaka was 20 when she won her first major at Flushing Meadows, and Evert said that the sudden fame and fortune can be overwhelming.

"The deeper problem is that when you are young and when you are shy and when you are a private person and when you are vulnerable, then all of a sudden you are the most famous person in sport, I think that's the problem," Evert said.Evert offered some sympathy for Osaka's claim that the questioning by journalists at post-match news conferences can affect a player's mental well-being.

"But if they are making this much money, then take an hour, hour and a half, cool down after a loss, come in for 15 minutes and just answer a few questions about how you played, what was the turning point. "Those questions are fair game. The press have helped the game of tennis, helped brand these players."

The Women's Tennis Association has said that it will undertake a review of post-match media requirements while Wimbledon organisers say that they are working together to create meaningful improvements.

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