Naomi Osaka addresses crowd after being heckled: 'I'm trying not to cry'

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(INDIAN WELLS, Calif.) — Tennis player Naomi Osaka was nearly brought to tears over the weekend after a spectator heckled her from the stands at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California.

Osaka, who is a four-time major champion and was formerly ranked No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association, was playing against Russian tennis player Veronika Kudermetova, when a woman in the stands shouted, “Naomi, you suck,” during the first set.

After the match, Osaka asked the chair umpire if she could borrow her mic to address the crowd to say something that was “on her heart.”

“To