FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Tennis Training - Ariake Tennis Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 20, 2021 Naomi Osaka of Japan during training REUTERS/Edgar Su
(Reuters) - Naomi Osaka will defend her title at the U.S. Open, organisers said on Wednesday, after she withdrew from this year's French Open and Wimbledon on mental health grounds.
Japan's Osaka stunned the tennis world when she quit the claycourt major in Paris in May following her first-round match after being fined and threatened with disqualification when she refused to attend mandatory post-match press conferences.
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