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Daily Mirror UK
|June 18, 2025
Star Katie on tennis abuse hell
TENNIS star Katie Boulter has revealed the scale of online abuse players suffer - including death threats.
The British No 2 told how one vile hate message, sent after she lost a tie break, read: “I hope you get cancer.”
Another one warned of damage to her gran’s grave “if she’s not dead by tomorrow” and “candles and a coffin for your entire family”. A third said: “Go to hell, I lost money my mother sent me.”
Figures from 2024 show 8,000 abusive, violent or threatening messages were sent to 458 tennis players on social media - many related to gambling.
Boulter, 28, said abusive content has “become the norm” and she worries about the impact it has on younger players.
This story is from the June 18, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror UK.
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