Tennis has recently faced a dangerous scourge: betting. There are several tennis players who have been sanctioned for fixing their matches, but this is not the only consequence that the players suffer.
Insults and death threats are becoming more frequent when an outcome is worth the bettors’ money. You know Andrea Vavassoriwho in recent times has openly denounced the harassment he is suffering after the brutal defeat in the preliminary stage of the Stockholm tournament.
The Italian, number 147 in the world, He fell on Saturday against Lebanese Benjamin Hassan (189th) by a very tight 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5) and 7-6 (5)a result that awakened the base instincts of some bettors.
“Die in hell, corrupt fucking tennis player”, “die, you piece of shit” or “I hope you break both legs” These are some of the hateful messages received by the tennis player, which exploded on social networks.
“I arrived at 4 in the morning from Malaga, I tested the conditions here in Stockholm just 30 minutes before the game. I played an amazing game against a really good tennis player who in the end played amazingly under pressure. 3 match points without converting and a match fought to the end. This is what I deserve. Thank you,” he wrote along with a screenshot of the insults he received.
A few hours later, the Italian echoed on his Instagram account a news from Eurosport Italia that reported on the events.
This case was added to the child Linda Noskova, The 18-year-old Czech tennis player who, at the end of September, was denounced after losing 6-3, 4-6 and 6-0 against the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the round of 16 of the Tokyo tournament, that she received of death. threats in social networks. He made a publication on his accounts, which he later deleted but after publishing the messages received.
“Kill yourself and end your life”, “you have twenty points to close the game and in the end you lose”, “let’s see if you get cancer and die” or “bitch” These are some of the assessments made by the account that assigned insults and threats to the tennis player. Noskova is one of the young promises of the circuit and is ranked 44th in the world.
Source: La Verdad
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