Naomi Osaka Wants To Use French Open Media Boycott "To Bring About Change", Says Coach

The coach of Naomi Osaka says she is using her superstar status to force change with her controversial media boycott at the French Open.

The coach of Naomi Osaka says she is using her superstar status to force change with her controversial media boycott at the French Open. "Naomi has the opportunity to use her status to address problems and to initiate things," Osaka's Belgian coach Wim Fissette told German magazine Der Spiegel. "In the United States, the subject is very topical at the moment, as athletes want more freedom in dealing with the press. "So that they are simply not threatened right away with punishment if they don't feel well for a day."