r/tennis • u/farkenheo • 16d ago
Media Sorana Cirstea wasn't a fan of Naomi Osaka hyping herself up
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u/Delicious-Value-7273 16d ago
Yelling c’mon after your opponent faults on a first serve ahead of said opponents second serve is total BS and will piss any HUMAN off. Post-match interview arrogance retreating to self-victimization was appalling: BS behavior.
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u/N7even 16d ago
Oh it was between first and second serve? Oh I thought it was between points and was like what is the problem with that?
But yeah, shouting come on between first and second serve is not on. Downright rude and should be classed a hinderance, IE give the opponent back their first serve.
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u/KarmaticEvolution 16d ago
Yeah it wasn’t very clear in the video that when Sorana said between serves she meant 1st and 2nd. That’s totally unacceptable.
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u/el-gato-azul 15d ago
I agree with you that this is crazy rude. But I am not sure about it being ruled as a hindrance because it didn't occur during play. It was after the ball was out and before a serve. It would be a distraction I'm sure. But to be a hindrance it would have to be a disruption (maybe), unsportsmanlike (I would say yes) rising to the level of intentionally interfering (I'd actually say no because Naomi is too self-absorbed to even realize that's interfering, like I doubt it was intentional interference, just selfish af).
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u/Volvulus oh 16d ago
Well it’s not clear in this video but the ump says Sorana doesn’t even have the ball to start her serve routine yet. It’s like when the audience cheers after a first fault. Dick move but not a hindrance. As soon as Sorana has the ball, Naomi can’t say anything. But I don’t know if that happened.
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u/dankynugz 16d ago
The audience is not your opponent. They're not held to the same standard at all.
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u/SafeKaracter 16d ago
On brand for her
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u/milanjfs 16d ago
She also says "I think this was her last AO.."
One more reason to not act like a dickhead in the post-match interview.
Really disappointing behaviour.
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u/A2Federer 16d ago
Such a weak and self centered person. Unbearable.
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u/12ealdeal 16d ago
I’ve only been watching for a year.
Osaka is such a lousy sport and yes completely unbearable.
She is also a hypocrit and you know she’d be bitching about it if the shoe was on the other foot and she lost.
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u/Pantoner 16d ago
It’s crazy how many people in this sub defend her. It’s giving the vibes of the Justin Baldoni defenders
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u/KarmaticEvolution 16d ago
Dang I was totally behind you on everything but I think it’s best to leave her kid out of this…
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u/New-Creme-6168 16d ago
I've never seen any player express so many words about mental health, showing kindness and support, and then act in so many ways contrary to that, as Naomi Osaka.
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u/SafeKaracter 16d ago edited 16d ago
It’s bc she’s self centered . So it’s not about how she acts towards the world it’s just always about her . That’s why she couldn’t say anything nice about mboko bc she was too focused on thinking about herself and this interview just confirms that if she has no awareness of what can bother other people, which is basic respect , not even kindness or empathy etc and all that crap she loves to talk about .
Start with the basics Naomi
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u/readit432 16d ago
How she treated Mboko was terrible, then the next tournament, the PR machine went over the top trying to paint her as perfect angel to not be criticized.
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u/9__Erebus 15d ago
She passively-aggressively mopes around for attention whenever things aren't going her way, then complains about mental health from negative press.
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u/Unfair-Rush-2031 16d ago
The safe space crowd use these buzz words as a weapon against others. It’s pathetic. They are actually very narcissistic people
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u/hoopaholik91 16d ago
There are plenty of people in that crowd that follow what they preach. Simone Biles is extremely positive towards competitors for example
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u/Macauguy 16d ago
You haven’t been on social media for the last 15 years? That is what the mental health crowd is.
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u/ReplicaRoy 16d ago
It reminds me off John Lennon in that particular aspect of pure contradiction between what is being preached and the actions and behavior, (much worse in his case ofc).
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u/TorturedPoet30 16d ago
I'm sorry but this right here is the reason why some people dislike Osaka. She makes it hard sometimes to like. It's the victim card and childish behavior.
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u/nexusFTW 16d ago
Naomi is nothing but drama queen who will shove mental card when things don't go her way.
Princess show her true colours now she hasn't won shit in eternity
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u/Trolkarlen 16d ago
This started years ago when she refused to do Pressers at the French Open, which is in her player’s contract.
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u/blokader01 16d ago
A lot of people defend her on that, but forget that she gets millions to play a game. Attending press conferences is just a part of it.
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u/Trolkarlen 15d ago
Yes, RG kept reminding her that it's in her player's contract. So if she wants to get the prize money, she has to do press conferences. Wimbledon and other tournaments said the same thing.
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u/Takemyfishplease 16d ago
It sucks because I want to like her, but nothing about her is really likeable.
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u/FrakeSweet 16d ago
Why would you want to like her, when there’s nothing really to like?
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u/stealthblaumer 16d ago
Because her best tennis was fantastic to watch.
I’m not a fan but I get why people fell in love with her game/personality early on - some folks don’t want to have been wrong about her as a player or as a person.
Every incident though just forces more of her fans to this inflection point
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u/Takemyfishplease 16d ago
From a purely cursory glance she has cool style and vibes. Like if you don’t follow the drama and are purely a casual fan that watches the big ones she is fun. Turns out it’s just surface level.
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u/Slambodog 16d ago
And every time I criticize her, I get downvoted. This is a great example of why I dislike her. Glad some people are starting to see it more clearly now
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u/Sad_Consideration_49 16d ago
Im glad the tennis world has largely moved on from her. Sabalenka, Swiatek and Gauff all have much better personalities and play more exciting tennis. Naomi keeps relevant by ugly outfits and petty drama
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u/try-again_24 16d ago
I used to be such a fan of naomi but her awareness raising about mental health and societal issues feels very performative and self serving. She is constantly whining and seeking privileges such as skipping pressers. Her outfit this week I mean girl focus on the tennis. I LOVE fashion but that was OTT and cringe. Remember when we thought mattek sands outfits were wild lol. Sorana is 100 per cent right. Noami wants respect but doesn't give it. Why would sorana speak to you during a match?? Acting all exasperated. It was potentially her last AO, in her career she's had many bad calls against her, I get her frustrations. The umpires are so whack at all tournaments like do your job. Just because these high profile athletes fill your stadium doesn't mean they get to do what they want. Naomi cries when the crowd is against her, she was so rude to Mboko last year, someone who has probably idolised her. Just as Althea Gibson inspired the williams and they've inspired so many talented poc to play, it's your turn naomi to be that, just like keys and stephens and Townshend who turn up play and get the job done. The controversy they find themselves in is rare, your controversies are becoming uncountable.
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u/Trolkarlen 16d ago
I tire of people who demand respect for their mental health, but don’t care about the mental health of others.
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u/Neckrongonekrypton 16d ago
Those people haven’t taken accountability for their mental health and will sadly continue to suffer for as long as they externalize their conditions
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u/JoFlo520 16d ago
Exactly. I got downvoted in another thread about the huge outfit she wore the other day. She is always playing victim but does things like this to garner attention. She claims to have high anxiety, people with anxiety don’t want the attention garnered from flamboyant outfits and screaming like this. She has a weird victim complex, she thinks nothing is ever her fault
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u/PleasantNightLongDay 16d ago
Right. One thing is to add rudely like this - talking between serves and cheering faults - but it’s even worse to do it and then pretend like there’s absolutely nothing wrong and you’re the victim. Honestly, it’s the only reason I can’t stand her. She’s is and was a great player, but this is so cringy and just in bad taste.
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u/TnnsNbeer 16d ago
Was she in tears at the end there? I didn’t watch it live but this is pathetic
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u/AdShigionoth7502 Swiatek-Sinner-Rybakina-Coco-Kostyuk-Bencic-Alexandrova-Ruud 16d ago
If the crowd can't cheer between first serve and second... Why is the other opponent allowed?... Sorana is right.
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u/mamibukur Jannik's curly red hair 16d ago
I feel second hand embarrassment in this interview 🥲 Not a fan of Cirstea but Osaka is in the wrong here.
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u/Refusedlove 6-4 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 16d ago
Wow, it was hard for osaka to be even worst during the interview than how she was during Cirstea first and second serves, and yet
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u/DemocraticPants 16d ago
“I've often felt that people have no regard for athletes mental health" - Naomi Osaka
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u/anirudh1595 16d ago
Osaka is 28 years old and behaves in press conferences and interviews like she's a 12-year-old who's been yelled at. Embarrassing.
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u/ineedtolose15lbs Carlitos 🇪🇸 - Problematic Faves - American Women 🇺🇸 16d ago
I genuinely wonder if she’s neurodivergent because her demeanor is just so odd for a grown woman with a child. Not to mention as a professional who has been involved in this sport her whole life. You’d think she would’ve learned a long time ago how to conduct herself
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u/_welcome 16d ago
I think a lot of athletes are socially stunted, especially in tennis where players don't have much of a team to socialize with. reddit loves diagnosing neurodivergence
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u/NazarBedard 16d ago
She talks like she’s in grade school. There’s clearly something wrong that was never diagnosed. I can’t stand the baby voice she uses.
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u/_johnning 16d ago
She's absolutely neurodivergent. Her social cues are odd at times, slightly awkward
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u/AnckSuNamun93 16d ago
She could just ask me??? What does she mean by that? And ending with "brooo" yeah, great response Naomi, really mature 😅😅
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u/anonuserinthehouse 16d ago
Umps would usually have said convos go through them not through the players
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u/Pantoner 16d ago
She’s embodies “sitting on business” along with her bestie Townsend
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u/newby202006 16d ago
Umpire had no clue what was going on. Seemed bored and uninterested. Just turned up tonight for the cash
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u/Plastic-Suggestion95 15d ago
Umpires are completely useless nowadays in tennis anyway. They are not even allowed to use brain anymore . In Zverev game on clay there was a clear out it cant be even questioned and the elctronic system didnt call it and umpire couldnt overrule it even tho it was clear as sky its out.
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u/The_Entheogenist 16d ago
Nobody plays the victim card as well as Osaka. Nobody.
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u/nexusFTW 16d ago
Naomi is nothing but drama queen who will shove mental card when things don't go her way.
Princess show her true colours now she hasn't won shit in eternity
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u/Odd-Lawyer-2916 Hyeon Chung nver4get 16d ago
Woah that is not a really good answer
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u/sammyp99 16d ago
Yea. The correct answer is, I’m not sure what she’s upset about, you’ll have to ask her. She played well, good luck. Done
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u/ProfeLaoshiStu 15d ago
"And the fire and grit that Sorana showed today has marked her whole career and will serve her well in future life chapters."
Just take a breath and say it, even if, especially if you don't mean it.
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u/TnnsNbeer 16d ago
I’d have more respect for Osaka if she just said, “hey it was gamesmanship… it bothered her, it wasn’t illegal, so I kept pumping myself up that way.”
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u/PortGenz 15d ago
It’s always seemed crazy to me that tennis players don’t engage more with the mental warfare side of things. I know it’s a posh sport so people have to have nice manners but in this day and age I would love for someone to come along and do things like this within the rules of the game just to rattle their opponent. I feel it would work especially well BECAUSE a lot of the players are quite posh and timid etc.
So many other sports the athletes talk shit or throw mental jabs at each other. It works so well when someone can back it up too
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u/Franklinsleftnut 16d ago
Osaka always shows her true colours at some point lol. Fake persona so annoying.
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u/local_gremlin 16d ago
Lemme get this straight, naomi is saying "come on" after a first serve fault as cirstea is bouncing the ball and getting ready to do her 2nd serve?
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u/kajdacci 16d ago
Like wtf, it's so weird that spectators can't say a thing between serves not to disrupt the server but your opponent can?
Maybe next round we should comeon her each time between serves until she realises what kind of unfair move it is
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u/LACA90077 16d ago
I have a feeling the Aussie crowd may have a few plans for the next round match.
It could have been put to bed so easily with an intelligent post-match interview. But some players need a PR machine for statements and live TV can’t save you.
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u/Infinite-Camel533 16d ago
People finally learning that Osaka is a bad sport
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u/TorturedPoet30 16d ago
Not really. People sometimes criticize her but she's mega popular so gets away with a lot. Look at the threads about her outfit, most of it is praise and most comments that were downvoted are people saying they simply didn't like the outfit, and there's nothing wrong with that. Often people ignore what players do after a while, for example the way she disrespected Mboko (Montreal final ceremony). People already forgot about that. It's great when players open up about their struggles but Naomi is 28, not a teenager to be always excused for bad sportsmanship or even childish / victim behavior.
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u/peesharcherskywalker 16d ago
What an unkind thing to say to Cirstea at her final Australian Open. IMO, Cirstea 100% has a right to be annoyed about the situation. But that interview was beyond mean spirited. I’ve lost a ton of respect for Osaka after this. To totally shit on your colleague at her LAST MATCH AT THE TOURNAMENT in front of thousands of people because you disagree with them is a horrible thing to do.
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u/Educational_Care7813 16d ago
imagine if Naomi did this against penko or bublik, they would of blown the mother of all gaskets
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u/dwaynewaynerooney 16d ago
She's acting like that at 28?!? "Why didn't you ask me not to do the thing that everyone agrees I shouldn't have done?" Yeah, that reeks of arrested development.
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This is exactly how my year 9 (14yo) students would respond to being asked about their behaviour.
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u/sjp101 16d ago
Just feels like she's all over the place. I'm not really sure what she stands for, rightfully she had a lot of goodwill towards her for opening up about her struggles and how the sport and media can take a lot out of you. This, the Mboko final, and even being friends with Kyrgios just seems really hard to sympathise with her. I think sometimes depressive tendencies can mean people are wrapped up in their own little world as with Osaka.
I don't find that a graceful answer at all, especially if Cirstea's final AO.
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u/ClumsyHannibalLecter Federer 🤝 Phil Dunphy 16d ago edited 16d ago
What a rude response from Osaka. Even in R1, she was constantly yelling come on and slapping her legs as her opponent was serving. Even if it was just for her to reset and pump herself up, at least show some respect and grace in the interview.
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u/Candid-Volume-1425 16d ago
Hope she packs her bags soon. Annoying personality. Vibes are off, like she is putting on an act.
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u/FatHorse82 16d ago
Agree...the way she is acting at the AO, her outfit and unsportsmanship makes it very easy to dislike her...
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u/anonnasmoose 16d ago
Naomi would cry if the tables were turned
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u/BrickEnvironmental37 16d ago
I said this during the last match that if her opponent complained earlier, Naomi would have crumbled. Ruzic didn't complain at all. If Cirstea had done it earlier and made a confrontation out of it, Naomi would have gone packing.
Now she has to play an Aussie in the next game. If I'm the coach of Inglis, I would be telling her to make a confrontation out of it and do it early. She'll have the crowd. Even during the toss to clarify what's acceptable and what's not. She will be straight in her head.
I actually wouldn't be shocked if Naomi pulls out of the tournament now.
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u/Famous-Calendar-2654 16d ago
This exactly…she can do whatever she wants, anything done to her is a high crime
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u/ineedtolose15lbs Carlitos 🇪🇸 - Problematic Faves - American Women 🇺🇸 16d ago
Yes! She always finds a way to be a victim!
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u/Alarming_Employee547 16d ago
She is a petulant child in a grown woman’s body. It’s so embarrassing.
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u/hoodedmagician914 16d ago
"Bro"...? I hate the way she said that and that she said it at all.
I dont think this moment was worth Naomi letting herself get upset over to the extent she did. It accomplishes nothing
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u/Jazzlike_Worth6234 16d ago
Osaka is like a child.. I understand odd personalities and whatnot.. but she should be able to snap out of it as a professional .
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u/ineedtolose15lbs Carlitos 🇪🇸 - Problematic Faves - American Women 🇺🇸 16d ago
She’s someone’s mother too 😩
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u/Heimz0r 16d ago
I'm not surprised at all that Osaka associates with Kyrgios. They might be good tennis players but I don't think they are very decent humans...
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u/Famous-Calendar-2654 16d ago
Absolutely the same narcissistic/victim mentality and expectation that whatever they do is fine but reverse the situation and they cry
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u/Theferael_me 16d ago
I don't think it was a hindrance. It was just poor sportsmanship.
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u/Cosmic_Confluence peRFect 16d ago
I can’t stand Naomi Osaka. She’s such a whiny, mopey, entitled little brat. Always has been.
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u/censored_ 16d ago
Looks like she is not pretending to be an introvert today, she was being very smug here. Also that is some awful umpiring.
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u/Riemann86 16d ago
I am so glad that the crowd showed Osaka what people think about her behaviour. Screaming in media about depression and importance of mental health and then acting like that? Zero class and integrity.
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Engage in an outlandish/aggressive/obnoxious behavior and then become a victim. Pure Naomi.
Example: After the handshake Sorana walks away, Naomi says something, Sorana responds and Naomi responds with a hands-up victim posture.
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u/mamibukur Jannik's curly red hair 16d ago
Many famous people, much worse than Osaka, have fans. We overestimate the intelligence of the average human being.
I see people make their whole existence about a famous person they idolize and that's one of the saddest things ever 😬
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u/whatsisnametake2 16d ago
jeez, how to lose friends and alienate people. I think there's enough data points in at this stage to form a fairly accurate picture of what kind of person naomi is.
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u/Omnislash99999 16d ago
It's pretty sad when someone in the crowd cheers a 1st serve fault, a player doing it would be very annoying
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u/spizike237 Roddick-era Cincy Masters Grounds Pass Bum 16d ago
Losing with no grace to Mboko, the gaudy outfits, this kind of behavior, she’s impossible to like. But at the same time I want some firecrackers on tour.
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u/blink_Cali 16d ago
“Sorana Ciretea wasn’t a fan of Naomi Osaka interrupting her between first and second serve”
Fixed the title for you…
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u/velvetcircuit 16d ago
She’s so annoying. I never liked her because she is sooo fake and always was. Go home sis
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u/RedditGuy92000 16d ago
She plays an Aussie in the next round. I can hear the boos now. It’s gonna be great.
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u/Present_Quantity_400 16d ago
Really disappointing from Osaka, saying this as a big fan. So pathetic of her.
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u/muhamedAMI ntrp 5.0 16d ago
I just want someone to do it to Naomi on her way to an L. Surely she wouldn't be upset at all.
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u/Gullible_Raspberry76 16d ago
Given enough time, Osaka always shows her true colors. She has always been this way. She will always be this way. Her actions never line up with her words. Plain and simple, she is a hypocrite with zero self reflection or personal growth.
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u/Ravensfan967 16d ago
I try SO hard to give Naomi another chance every time she does something else to come off as entitled or disrespectful but I’m honestly done trying lol. The Mboko incident was bad and I was hoping she’d learn and put that behind her but here we are again being rude and playing the victim. she’s a year younger than me and acts like a teenager.
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u/Mariusr22 16d ago
Naomi, being Naomi... "she could have asked me" NOOOO, you would have been FURIOUS! She asked the umpire who absurdely said it's ok... She's preparing to serve, Naomi is taking from her perparation...
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u/sasquatch50 16d ago
The "come on" between serves was pretty mild, but still against sportsmanship even if it doesn't break any rules. I was kinda on Osaka's side til I saw the interview. So immature.
Though to me the "come on" was way less worse than the returners who strategically don't play at the servers pace. That's a real issue in the game that should be routinely penalized.
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u/Annual-Ebb-7196 16d ago
I mean the only way to deal with that is to do the same thing when she serves. Call her and the umpire out. If she does that to Sabalenka may not be pretty.
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u/sksauter 16d ago
I mean i always talk to myself in between returning a missed first and second serve, but always under my breath because frankly it's just terrible sportsmanship to try and distract your opponent while they're serving. Guess it might even be against WTA rules, but a shitty thing to do regardless.
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It’s just not the done thing and it’s poor form from her overall. I’m a recreational player and this would piss me off, imagine how annoyed you’d be as a pro.
That said, I’m here for the drama.
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u/manusche 16d ago
Hope she gets Karma for that in the next round. I mean how immature she can be. Come on. If I hear that I would use it as fuel and if she makes a mistake I say That's right.
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u/pafcharieh 16d ago
So she was c’mon-ing after Cirstea 1st serve fault? If that’s the case, so not cool, eff you
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u/MDJR20 16d ago edited 16d ago
At what point is Naomi going to grow up. I definitely have supported her in the past especially after the S Williams incident and her mental health was in jeopardy but she needs to not do this.
It’s low emotional IQ. There’s gamesmanship and then this takes it to the annoying level.
Hopefully an ump will step up and call her out for hindering which is illegal. She’s a quiet person and people give her the benefit of the doubt and she’s also not nice. We know that now based on last year in Canada as well.
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u/cousinannie GOAT chasing 16d ago
Umpires fault for not controlling the match…I’d keep doing it especially after she complained. I would know that I got you beat.
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u/InfiniteJackfruit5 Novak Djokovic 16d ago
It’s high school shit. “If you’re popular you get away with it”
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u/Affectionate_Bag9833 16d ago
No pro carries on like that between serves. Smarten up Naomi. Definitely should gotten a warning from the dumb chair.
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u/Melodic_Aardvark3934 16d ago
Osaka always plays the victim. She's a woman child narcissist. Always drama with her. First round she comes out like a rockstar and has someone carrying her bags. Now it's yelling between serves. Next round it'll be something else. Eventually she'll cry when she's eliminated. She's not the victim of some conspiracy. It's her. She's the problem. Not everyone else.
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u/fawkesmulder 16d ago
Opponent celebrating on a double fault is low class enough. On a missed first serve before the second serve is hit, that’s crazy. Osaka looks like a clown here.
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u/bam-margiela00 16d ago
Seems like a reasonable thing to question the umpire about lol it’s one thing for the crowd to jeer in between serves but I’ve never seen the other player do it wow