the relationship between tennis players and the media needs to evolve and the sport must also do more to help the younger generation deal with negative comments on social media roger federer saidthe issue of players mental health came into the spotlight after japans naomi osaka withdrew from the french open in a row with tournament officials over media dutiesosaka said she had been suffering from depression and anxiety and that interacting with the media had sometimes had a negative impact on herfederer who shares the mens record of 20 major titles with rafa nadal and novak djokovic said the situation needed a rethinki think players the tournaments journalists we need to sit down together in a room and go ok what would work for you and what works for us federer told the british gq magazine on mondaywe need a revolution or at least an evolution of where we are todayeven when i am feeling down i know i need to act a certain way in front of the worlds press we need to remember that tennis players are athletes and professionals but we are also human toothe 40yearold swiss who is recovering from recent knee surgery also praised briton emma raducanus journey to the top in the wake of the 18yearolds us open triumphraducanu had previously come in for criticism from pundits and the media when she pulled out of her wimbledon last16 match due to breathing difficulties with some saying she had failed to handle the pressurei was following emma raducanus incredible run in wimbledon and also naomi osaka these last few years its been amazing both of their stories he saidbut it hurts when you see what happens and when they dont feel welli think we do need to help coach and mentor the younger generation more i cant imagine going through the beginning of my career with social media he addedfor every 10 nice comments theres always one negative comment and of course that is the one you focus on its a horrible situation