PARIS (Associated Press)-Naomi Osaka was fined $15,000 at the French Open for skipping a post-match press conference after winning the first round on Sunday and was threatened by four major tournaments If she continues to do so, she will be fined heavier, including breach of contract to avoid meeting with the media.

The fine will come from the Osaka bonus and will be announced by the French Tennis Federation President Gilles Moretton and other professionals in a joint statement.

The statement said that Osaka was “suggested” that “if she continues to ignore her media obligations during the game, she will expose herself to further violations of the Code of Conduct.”

The statement cited the rule book, stating that the “stricter sanctions” for “violations of repeated behavior” may include breach of contract-disqualification from the tournament-and “investigations that trigger major violations that may result in higher fines and suspension of future majors. “

Osaka vowed on Twitter on Wednesday that she would not hold a press conference in Roland Garros. That doesn’t mean that she can completely avoid any questions about playing on clay.

Osaka returned to Roland Garros (Roland Garros) after skipping the trip last time, in the Court Philippe Chatrier match on Day 1 in Paris, 63-4, 7-6 (4) His turnover defeated Patricia Maria Tig, ranked 63rd.

After the 2020 French Open was pushed to the beginning of September due to the coronavirus outbreak and restricted 1,000 viewers a day, Sunday became more normal: it was a sunny May day, allowing more than 5,000 fans Participation, but there is a delay due to fear of COVID-19, only one week this year.

Roland Garros (Roland Garros) has not fully recovered to the pre-popular state, but he was surprised by cheers and tennis.

Other results may be more newsworthy than the straight wins of second-placed Osaka (for example, three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber lost the third consecutive first round in Paris), but the Japanese superstar game The continuous development of events afterwards aroused great interest.

This is because Osaka said it would stay away from media meetings. What is not clear is whether she will participate in the joyous exchanges with the “interviewers” on the field, who will have softball issues so that the audience can hear the voice of the game winner.

It turns out that Osaka did chat with the former player Fabrice Santoro, who was hardly a journalist, and offered to help Osaka with the flowers given to her during the game.

Santoro actually brought up the superficial topic of the event and pointed out that Osaka’s Grand Slam title only appeared on hard courts.

She has won the Australian Open twice (including this year) and the US Open twice (including last year). But she never passed the third round of the French Open.

Speaking of her match on clay, Osaka said: “I would say this is a work in progress.” “I hope the more I play, the better.”

Osaka wrote in a Twitter post on Wednesday She will not participate in the standard round-trip events of the Paris media-of course, athletes in various sports will do this. She categorized it as a mental health problem and said that it would make people self-doubt and have to answer questions after getting lost.

If requested, players participating in the Grand Slam tournament must attend a press conference; refusal can be fined up to $20,000, which is not a big deal for Osaka (Osaka). Osaka is the highest paid female athlete in the world, thanks to endorsement deals totaling tens of millions of dollars.

“This is her own choice. I think she has the ability to make her own choice. Obviously, she will always make the choice that suits her best.” “I think this is what is happening now. This is her choice to be herself I think it’s the best choice for me.”

As for her impression of Osaka’s ability on clay courts, Teague provided this assessment: “If she wins, she will get used to it. Her performance on clay courts is as good as on hard courts.”

Osaka showed Sunday: how to control scoring through offensive games. When her first game landed, she won 31 of 35 points and accumulated 39 winners, more than double Tig’s 18 points.

Osaka will face 102nd ranked Ana Bogdan (Ana Bogdan), who swept the Italian qualifier Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-3.

Kerber, ranked 26th, was defeated by Ukraine’s qualifier Anhelina Kalinina 6-2, 6-4, ranking 139th and participating in the competition for the first time.

Therefore, Roland Garros is still the only Grand Slam that Kerber has not won: she won the Australian Open and US Open in 2016 and Wimbledon in 2018. .

In addition, Danielle Collins, the semi-final of the 2019 Australian Open and the quarter-final of the 2020 French Open, defeated Wang Xiyu 6-2, 4-6, and 6-4 respectively.

In the men’s game, the 12th seed Pablo Carreno Busta (Pablo Carreno Busta) defeated 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 and Norbert Gombos (Norbert Gombos). The 27th seed Fabio Fognini broke the racket 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 in the process of knocking out the French wild card and entering Gregoire Barrere. .