{"id":3927,"date":"2021-09-03T14:57:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T12:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1331277"},"modified":"2021-09-03T15:28:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T13:28:23","slug":"naomi-osaka-is-needed-in-the-womens-game-and-backed-to-return-to-form-by-greg-rusedski","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/naomi-osaka-is-needed-in-the-womens-game-and-backed-to-return-to-form-by-greg-rusedski\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Osaka is \u201cneeded in the women\u2019s game\u201d and backed to return to form by Greg Rusedski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Greg Rusedski wants to see Naomi Osaka return to her best at the US Open 2021. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Michael Potts\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 03 September 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>Greg Rusedski believes Naomi Osaka is \u201cneeded in the women\u2019s game\u201d and hopes she can return to her best form during the ongoing <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/tennis\/us-open-tennis-2021-watch-tv-live-stream\/&quot;\">US Open 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Osaka has been involved in a running battle with members of the press amid her personal mental health struggles to the point where she withdrew from the French Open and Wimbledon after facing criticism for not featuring in mandatory press conferences at the former.<\/p>\n<p>Rusedski \u2013 who will feature as an expert on Amazon Prime Video\u2019s US Open 2021 coverage \u2013 believes she does have a responsibility to talk to the media,\u00a0but remains sympathetic towards Osaka\u2019s situation and hopes she can return to her best.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Prime-Video\/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=3280626031&amp;tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Watch US Open<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Prime-Video\/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=3280626031&amp;tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow&quot; noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0on Amazon Prime with your 30-day free trial<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Speaking to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, he said: \u201cI hope she gets back to her best because she\u2019s definitely needed in the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my point of view, I wish her all the best. I hope she can get back to where she could be from a mental point of view and she needs to make sure the team and the people she hires to have around her can help her get back there. If she wins tennis matches, that\u2019s a bonus, but you\u2019ve got to take care of your mental health. That\u2019s the key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just want her to get back to where she was, but you have to deal with the press, that\u2019s part of your job. She needs a good team of people around her, to advise her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou worry about her mental health and how she feels in herself. If she feels good in herself and feels well then she can perform and everything takes care of itself.\u201d<\/p> <p>Rusedski was keen to balance player welfare with the responsibilities that come with the platform of being an elite tennis player, and that includes speaking to the media.<\/p>\n<p>However, he believes Osaka can take steps towards \u201ctaking control\u201d of her situation from his own experience of dealing with media.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cYou can be forward and say, \u2018I only want to talk about tennis questions today before the press conference starts. I\u2019m not talking about personal things. I\u2019m not talking about charity things I\u2019m doing. Today I\u2019m only going to talk about tennis questions.\u2019 You can take control in that situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>The US Open 2021 is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video from Monday 30th August. <\/b><strong>To find out what else is on, check out our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>. 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