大坂直美哭了！坦言受21年前大小威歧視 - 網球 Tennis

大坂直美哭了！ 坦言受21年前大小威歧視事件影響
2022/03/13 17:53


大坂直美在場上哭泣。（歐新社）

〔體育中心／綜合報導〕日本女單好手大坂直美今天在印地安泉大師賽被俄羅斯21種子庫
德梅托娃 （Veronika Kudermetova）以0：6、4：6直落二橫掃，更因為觀眾鬧場落淚。

外媒報導指出，有一名觀眾在第一盤時向大坂直美大喊：「直美，你爛透了。」


賽後大坂直美談起這件事，他表示自己也不是第一次被觀眾中斷，那通常不會太困擾她。
但當在這個場地的時候，讓他想起過往大威廉絲（Venus Williams）、小威廉絲（Serena
Williams）被中斷的場景，「這景象重複在腦海播放，我也不知道為什麼（會哭），我
試著不去哭，但...」隨後她就向現場觀眾道謝並恭喜對手晉級，受訪結束後全場觀眾也
給她掌聲與歡呼。

威廉絲姊妹曾在2001年於此地進行4強對決，當時大威廉絲因受傷退賽，結果此舉導致觀
眾不滿，不僅出言抗議還講出帶有歧視性的句子，這也讓兩人後續抵制這項賽事長達14年
之久，該年小威廉絲在此地順利奪冠。

https://sports.ltn.com.tw/amp/news/breakingnews/3858274

Naomi Osaka addresses crowd after fan heckles her during loss at Indian Wells

D'ARCY MAINE
ESPN.com
3:21 AM ET3 Minute Read
Four-time major champion and former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka was brought to tea
rs during her second-round loss to Veronika Kudermetova at the BNP Paribas Ope
n on Saturday after a fan heckled her from the stands during the first set.


After the match in Indian Wells, California, Osaka requested to address the cr
owd, something rarely done by the losing player. She explained exactly why she
was so upset by what happened.

"To be honest, I've gotten heckled before, it didn't really bother me," Osaka
said as her voice broke. "But [being] heckled here, I watched a video of Venus
and Serena [Williams] getting heckled here, and if you've never watched it, y
ou should watch it. I don't know why, but it went into my head, and it got rep
layed a lot. I'm trying not to cry."

After being broken in the first game of the match against Kudermetova, a woman
in the stands shouted, "Naomi, you suck." Osaka, visibly upset, stopped play
and asked the chair umpire if the fan could be kicked out. In between games sh
ortly after, Osaka asked if she could use the umpire's microphone to address t
he crowd. Both requests were denied.

A supervisor came on court for a prolonged discussion with Osaka. The supervis
or told the umpire, "If it happens again, we're going to find him." Kudermetov
a waited behind the baseline for the match to resume.

"I didn't hear what lady say because I really so focus on my game, on my serve
game, I didn't understand what she say,'' Kudermetova said. "But after that m
oment, I saw that Naomi, she start to cry."

Osaka was ultimately unable to find her rhythm and lost 6-0, 6-4, then afterwa
rd was able to address the crowd.

During the 2001 tournament at Indian Wells, Venus Williams and her father, Ric
hard, were booed loudly as they took their seats to watch Serena play in the f
inal. Some believed Richard manipulated matches between his daughters followin
g Venus' withdrawal due to an injury ahead of their semifinal match at the eve
nt. The crowd then directed its ire on Serena throughout her match, and the je
ers continued even after Serena defeated Kim Clijsters for the title.

Both sisters then boycotted the tournament, with Serena not returning until 20
15 and Venus until 2016.

In an interview in November, Serena revealed the episode still haunts her.

"Even when I went back 14 years later, it was very traumatizing," Serena said
in an interview with actor Will Smith in November. "Talk about post-traumatic
stress and mental anxiety. I remember sitting in the bathroom thinking, 'Wait,
I'm not gonna go back. I just don't think I should do this. What if they star
t booing again?' It was really hard for me."

Richard Williams later said the incident was racially motivated and that the f
amily was the target of several slurs throughout the match. Osaka is a biracia
l player of Black and Japanese heritage.

Osaka has struggled since winning her last major title at the Australian Open
in 2021, withdrawing from the French Open ahead of her second-round match, opt
ing out of Wimbledon and then announcing she would be taking an indefinite bre
ak from the sport after a third-round exit at the US Open in September. She re
turned to competition at the start of the season but lost in the third round o
f the Australian Open to Amanda Anisimova. Her ranking plummeted to No. 85.

The BNP Paribas Open was her first tournament since Melbourne, and she origina
lly needed a wild card for entry before moving into the main draw. She is next
slated to play at the Miami Open later this month as a wild card.

Kudermetova, the No. 21 seed, will next play Marie Bouzkova in the third round
at Indian Wells.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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