Naomi Osaka broke down in tears during a press conference at the Cincinnati Masters. The reigning US Open champion was answering questions ahead of the Ohio-based tournament, one of the last stops on the road to Flushing Meadows.

The Japanese star was fined for skipping post-match media sessions at the French Open earlier this year, and subsequently withdrew from the tournament citing mental health issues before missing Wimbledon. On Monday evening US tennis reporter Ben Rothenburg tweeted about what took place in Osaka’s first press conference since Roland Garros.

“Someone from Cincinnati Enquirer asked her a fairly aggressively toned question about how she benefits from a high-media profile but doesn’t like talking to media. Osaka tried to engage, but after her answer began crying”, he began.

“Osaka left the room, recollected herself, and returned to answer the remaining question in English.”

He added: “The topic itself wasn’t terrible, but the aggressive tone from an unfamiliar person, after Naomi had already spoken in an earlier answer about how that’s what she finds difficult in press conferences, got things going completely awry.”

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