After her defeat in the first round of the Saint Petersburg tournament against her compatriot Fiona Ferro on Tuesday, Caroline Garcia received numerous messages of insults on social networks. The Frenchwoman published some of them in her Instagram story: "Stop tennis", "You are so bad and you make me lose my money", "I have never seen a loser as miserable as you, you are the shame of sport "," I hope you die from cancer ".
Caroline Garcia shared some messages she received after her defeat in St. Petersburg. The daily life of tennis players ... pic.twitter.com/LaRxtVhatJ
- Quentin Moynet (@QuentinMoynet) February 12, 2020But Caroline Garcia still wanted to put things into perspective by writing: "Messages from gamblers, this is classic after a defeat, today I just wanted to share them ... it doesn't change my life or my goals. ". It also publish messages of support from certain Internet users.
In the tennis world, this phenomenon is unfortunately common, especially since the explosion of sports betting sites. After his defeat at the ATP 250 tournament in Antwerp, the Frenchman Gaël Monfils also shared the insulting messages he may have received from certain compulsive gamblers: "Dirty *** ***, I bet 1,000 euros on you and you c *** on me dirty m **** ". After his victory at the London Masters last November, Stefanos Tsitsipas explained in a press conference that he had left social networks: "It is a waste of energy for my brain and my thoughts".
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