PARIS, June 1 — Naomi Osaka announced she was withdrawing from the French Open on Monday after she was threatened with disqualification for boycotting media duties, while on court, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Iga Swiatek all reached the second round.
“The truth is that I have suffered long bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018 and I have had a really hard time coping with that.”Federer impresses on return The Swiss great lost to Pablo Andujar in his first clay-court outing of the season earlier this month in Geneva, but struck 48 winners as he raced to victory over Istomin.
The 39-year-old, still one behind Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles, saved two set points in the first-set tie-break but dominated from then on.