Osaka cancels participation in tennis tournament in Berlin

After her withdrawal from the French Open, Japan’s Naomi Osaka has also cancelled her participation in next week’s grass court tournament in Berlin.

Osaka abandoned the French Open — where she didn’t talk to the media and was faced with threats of harsher sanctions — before her second-round match in Paris last week.

She claimed she repeatedly suffers from depression.

Osaka will now also not play in Berlin, with organisers saying on Sunday:

“Unfortunately we have also received the notification that Naomi Osaka cannot start in Berlin. After consulting her management, she will take a break.”

It is still unclear how long Osaka will stay away from the courts and whether she will compete at Wimbledon from June 28.