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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Par for the course with her. I know she has anxiety and depression issues but it's really not that hard to congratulate your opponent after a loss or attend a press conference to answer some generic media questions especially given the amount of money she gets paid. She was basically sulking during the second set forward and I believe the sport deserves better than that in a masters 1000 final.
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Regardless of her past issues that display was classless and just plain ignorant by Osaka. You're a pro athlete and that comes with obligations such as speaking after a tough loss and fighting through some adversity like somewhat hostile crowds....which is debatable as people were even cheering for her before she spoke!
I am at the point now where I think she's actually just a terrible person for continued and repeated instances like this. You can't blame this behavior on anxiety and depression. She's a sore loser and thinks she's a lot better of player than she actually is now.
Good on Mboko for displaying the fight of a champion the last two matches, just refusing to lose. With her serve leaving her for large parts of both matches, it would have been really easy to lose to two good opponents. Very excited to see where she can take this with a game that is only going to improve from here.