Elina Svitolina made a complaint for threats

ByDavid Mitchell
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Elina Svitolina spoke about the avalanche of hateful insults that he received online from frustrated players after losing in Canada, including messages wishing him death and celebrating that Russia kill his compatriots.

After his Defeat 6-2 and 6-2 against Naomi Osaka in the quarterfinals of Montreal On Tuesday night, the Ukrainian tennis player published screenshots of the messages in Instagram.

The insults were directed against her, while Other racials also addressed her husband, the Frenchman Gael Monfils. A stalker expected Russia “to kill them all, damn Ukrainians” In war.

“To all the traigators: I am a mother before athlete,” Svitolina wrote in his Instagram history. “The way they speak to women, mothers, is shameful. If their mothers saw their messages, I would disgust them. ”

Meanwhile, the WTA and ITF asked the Betting companies that they did more to stop the avalanche of online abuses faced by players on social networks.

A publication by the WTA and ITF shows that 458 tennis players were target of more than 8000 comments and publications abusive in social networks in 2024.

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David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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