Serena Williams offered her support to Naomi Osaka on Monday after the Japanese player's decision to withdraw from the French Open in the wake of her boycott of press conferences.
In a statement on Monday, Osaka said she did not want her stance to become a distraction and said that she had been dealing with mental health issues since 2018.
"Honestly I just found out before I walked into the press conference, so that's the extent of it right now for me," Williams told reporters.
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