Tennis participant Burrage receives dying threats, abuse on social media after 1st WTA match in 16 months

LONDON (AP) — British tennis participant Jodie Burrage has acquired dying threats and a torrent of abuse on social media after she was defeated in her first main-draw singles match on the WTA Tour in 16 months.

Burrage shared a recording of a prolonged reel of abusive messages she acquired on Instagram following a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 loss to Vaishnavi Adkar within the spherical of 32 on the Chennai Open on Tuesday.

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Alongside the video, Burrage wrote: “Good welcome again to the tour. I bear in mind why I left.”

Lots of the abusive messages gave the impression to be from gamblers sad that the 27-year-old Burrage had misplaced.

World Tennis, the game’s governing physique, stated in December 2024 that “indignant gamblers” had been liable for 48% of the greater than 12,000 posts on social media platforms from January to October that 12 months which had been deemed abusive by a monitoring service.

In July this 12 months, the WTA stated in a report into on-line abuse of gamers that 89% of accounts liable for severe abuse in 2024 didn’t reappear in 2025, and that it secured the elimination of 66% of significant abusive posts or feedback, whereas escalating 35 accounts to regulation enforcement.

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Final month, Coco Gauff stated she acquired an “insane” quantity of racist feedback on social media following a controversial level in a match towards dwelling participant Solar Xinran on the China Open.

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