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Fellow athletes rally around Osaka after French Open withdrawal

May 30, 2021 Japan's Naomi Osaka in action during her first round match against Romania's Patricia Maria Tig [REUTERS]

Leading figures in tennis and sport have rallied to support Naomi Osaka after the women's world number two withdrew from the French Open in a row about post-match media duties, saying she had been suffering from "depression" and "anxiety".

One of the biggest names in sport, Osaka stunned the tennis world when she pulled out of the Grand Slam after being fined and threatened with expulsion for refusing to show up at an obligatory news conference on Sunday.

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