Updated On: 14 March, 2022 08:18 AM IST | Indian Wells | AFP
Japan’s Osaka, ranked 78th in the world after her third-round exit at the Australian Open, was rocked early in the first set when someone in the crowd yelled “Naomi, you suck”

WTA supervisor Clare Wood seems to be consoling a tearful Naomi Osaka after play was disrupted by a insensitive remark from the crowd in Indian Wells. Pic/Getty Images
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was reduced to tears by a heckler Saturday on the way to a 6-0, 6-4 second-round loss to Veronika Kudermetova at Indian Wells.
Japan’s Osaka, ranked 78th in the world after her third-round exit at the Australian Open, was rocked early in the first set when someone in the crowd yelled “Naomi, you suck.”