Seeded n ° 1 at the Open in Cluj, Romania, Alizé Cornet bit the dust as soon as he entered the competition against Mayar Sherif on Tuesday (6-2, 6-4).
A disillusionment for the player but also a disappointment for the punters who had decided to bet on the French against an Egyptian (119 world), on paper, within her reach.
Since this failure, Alizé Cornet has suffered, like many top athletes when they lose a match, the wrath and threats of players who have lost their bets on sports betting sites. Used to receiving this flood of insults without flinching, the 59th player in the world has, this time, decided to respond to her detractors who still have free rein on social networks, legal actions remaining extremely rare against the perpetrators of these threats. .
Via her Twitter account, the 31-year-old Frenchwoman compiled the insults of incredible violence by taking the time to respond to each of the Internet users via a short message each time, specifying that she still had over fifty hateful messages in stock.
“It seems that the mental health of athletes is in tune with the times ... We understand better why! Long live sports bettors, ”
said the athlete bitterly.