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Golfer Rory McIlroy has backed Naomi Osaka’s decision to take a break from tennis following the Japanese world number three’s elimination from the U.S. Open last week, saying that it was important that athletes did not let results define them.
A tearful Osaka told reporters that she would be taking some time off from the sport after crashing out in the third round at Flushing Meadows to 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez, adding that she had been struggling with anxiety and…
