Naomi Osaka likely to skip Wimbledon as second top player set to drop out - 'Pointless'

Naomi Osaka has revealed she is considering boycotting Wimbledon after the Grand Slam was stripped of ranking points. "I'm the type of player that gets motivated by seeing my ranking go up," said the four-time Grand Slam winner.

The ATP and WTA imposed the points penalty after the All England Club banned Russian and Belarusian players following the invasion of Ukraine. British No 1 Cam Norrie has warned that top stars will boycott Wimbledon because the Grand Slam will now be "almost like an exhibition" after the stripping of ranking points.

And now former world No.1 Osaka is the biggest name to admit she could now decide to boycott Wimbledon. "I would say like the decision is affecting my mentality going into grass. I'm not 100% sure if I'm going to go there.

"I would love to go just to get some experience on the grass court, but like at the same time, for me, I don't want to say pointless - no pun intended -, but I'm the type of player that gets motivated by seeing my ranking go up or stuff like that. So I think the intention was really good, but the execution is kind of all over the place."

The Japanese star missed The Championships last year after pulling out of the French Open citing mental health issues and has never got beyond the third round at Wimbledon.#

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After winning her first Australian Open in 2019, she admitted grasscourts were "a little bit frightening for me" - and she fell and hurt her knee on her last appearance at Wimbledon in 2019.

And after losing in the first round at Roland Garros to American No.27 seed Amanda Ansimova 7-5 6-4, world No.38 Osaka said: "For me, honestly grass, just because I got