Over the weekend, former world No 1 Naomi Osaka was knocked out of the Indian Wells Open. As if losing in the second round wasn’t hard enough, she then went on to be heckled by a woman in the crowd who yelled, “Naomi, you suck.”

“So what?” you might think. Most top sportspeople probably get heckled from time to time; we certainly know that footballers do when they perform badly. But Osaka’s case feels slightly uncomfortable. In fact, almost every time the Japanese tennis player hits the headlines these days, it’s because of another incident in which she’s been belittled by the press or tennis officials.

Naomi Osaka being heckled at the Indian Wells Open is just another depressing episode