French tennis player Caroline Garcia, eliminated in the first round of the US Open on Tuesday in New York, published several hate messages on Wednesday, among them: “hundreds” that she receives, denouncing the daily online toxicity of sports bettors disappointed by her results.

“I hope your mother dies”, “you should think about suicide”, “you’re just shit”are messages received by Caroline Garcia (30th in the world) after defeats in recent times, published by the latter on her social networks.

“There are hundreds of them”deplores the 30-year-old Frenchwoman, semi-finalist of the US Open and winner of the Masters in 2022.

“It worries me for the young players who come in and have to deal with this kind of thing.”she said about this phenomenon now known in the world of sport, and particularly in tennis.

“It affects us, we are human. Sometimes when we receive these messages we are already emotionally destroyed after a difficult defeat. Many people have already raised this problem, but nothing has been done.”

“Social networks do not stop them despite the advanced state of artificial intelligence. Tournaments continue to form partnerships with sports betting companies that continue to lead people towards betting addiction (…) We continue to promote these companies that destroy the lives of certain people”the Frenchwoman protests again.