All I'm really saying is that if she claims to be pulling out due to mental health problems I'd give her the benefit of the doubt, if there was any. She could be using it to her advantage or it could be genuine, perhaps the pressure of the French Open is greater on her than any other grand slam, or maybe just coincidence. Either way, it's very sad that a player has to pull out for media pressure and I think the WTA have shot themselves in the foot in the way they've handled it.Trader Pat wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:36 amWhat annoys me more than anything is we now live in a world where you can't criticise anybody unless they're a straight white male. If you criticise Osaka you're automatically dismissive of mental health issues, a nailed on sexist and probably a bit of a racist too (I'm sure that will raise its head in the coming weeks). Criticise a female football pundit and you're sexist (even though most of them are as crap as the blokes), criticise a black pundit and you're racist ( I love watching Micah Richards, but he's a crap pundit). TV companies are constantly saying give us your thoughts using the hashtag xxx but when anybody criticise a pundit its ignored.
On the other note, if you have valid criticism of her and you're called a racist, sexist or mentalist (I've just looked up the word
), those comments and people should be dismissed.
