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Tennis star Naomi Osaka made headlines when she announced last week that she was refusing to do any press while competing in the French Open (a.k.a. Roland-Garros) in order to practice “self care” with her mental health.
She made further headlines when she was fined for refusing to appear at a press conference, and then ultimately withdrew from the competition altogether.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Venus Williams was asked how she handles media scrutiny.
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“For me personally how I deal with it was that I know every single person asking me a question can’t play as well as I can and never will,” she said.
“So no matter what you say or what you write, you’ll never light a candle to me,” Williams added.
“That’s how I deal with it,” she concluded. “But each person deals with it differently.”