Naomi Osaka accused ESPN of pushing the narrative that she is "always sad" after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at Wimbledon.

Naomi Osaka Issues Apology After Wimbledon Loss originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The grand slam drought for former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka continued on Friday.

Naomi Osaka is not one to hide behind cliches. When things go wrong, she doesn't deflect or spin the story. At Wimbledon on Friday, after a bruising Grand Slam defeat — this time at the hands of Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova — the former world number one was certainly in no mood for platitudes.