Andy Murray expressed sympathy for Naomi Osaka after she was rattled by a heckler throughout her second-round loss on Saturday evening at Indian Wells however mentioned unruly followers had been an unlucky a part of sports activities.
Osaka was thrown off her recreation and started to cry after an individual screamed, “Naomi, you suck!” early on in her eventual 6-0 6-4 loss to Veronika Kudermetova.
After the match, Osaka spoke on to the in any other case supportive crowd, saying the incident reminded her of the abuse Venus and Serena Williams acquired on the event in 2001, which led them to boycott the occasion for greater than a decade.
“It’s a difficult one,” Murray advised reporters after his second-round loss on Sunday.
“I’ve typically thought watching sure sports activities, I would not say I’ve typically seen it masses in tennis … but when I watch a soccer or a soccer match and a participant’s going to take throw-in or a nook kick and the group are simply hurling insults at these people.
“I always think, how is that allowed? Like, you can’t do that,” he mentioned, including that such habits could be unacceptable in public or some other office setting.
Murray mentioned he had heard feedback that had been “not comfortable” when enjoying Davis Cup matches away from dwelling in intense environments.
“Obviously I feel for Naomi, that it upset her a lot but yeah, it’s always been something that’s been part of sport, I guess, as well,” Murray mentioned.
“So, you know, you have to, I guess, be prepared for that in some ways and be able to tolerate it because it does happen regularly across all sports.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
