is now in its fourth decade believes all players should have access to counsellingi think thats so important to have a sounding board whether its someone at the wta or whether its someone in your life said the american starterry believes osaka is right to avoid the spotlight when she is suffering from depressionkey is a family support group and if needed professional helpthe media dont meet those criteria so trying to deal with serious mental health issues in the glare of publicity is next to impossible he wrotethere are considerable forces pushing her toward even greater levels of anxiety could you imagine the level of expectations on her at the tokyo olympicsif osaka wanted advice on her next step she could talk to fellow professional rebecca marinothe canadian a former top 40 player quit the sport in 2013 citing crippling depression and online abusesome people wrote to me that i had to die others insulted me in a vulgar way said marino who left tennis for four years to pursue other interestsi was too sensitive to everything that was said and written about me instead of avoiding comments i was constantly looking for them on social networks and on the internetwhen marino returned to grand slam tennis in australia this year she offered advice which could now be crucial for osakamy message is just start the communication just start talking to someone about whats going on in your life reach out get help