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The tennis player spoke about the "standing" threats to death
The British tennis player and the 39th racket of the world Katie Bowler told the BBC that she receives a mess of threats to her address and her loved ones. In some, she is threatened with death, and the athlete herself claims that such messages became the “norm”. This was also stated by American tennis player Jessica Pegul.
In the messages that Baulter received, there were wishes to the athlete to “get cancer” and threats to damage the “grandmother’s grave, if [Bowler] does not die for tomorrow.” “Go to hell, I lost the money that my mother sent me,” said one of the messages.
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The tennis player noted that such letters can adversely affect young athletes. “At the very beginning of my career, I probably perceived it very personally ... When I heard comments about my appearance,” Bowlter said. She added that now the level of threats has become higher, and there are more messages with them.
The athlete noted that she received one of the messages during the match against the French tennis player Karol Montne at the French open championship - one of the four large helmet tournaments. Then Bowlter lost the Tay-Bray of the first set, but in the end she won the match.
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The tennis player added that it is difficult for her to distinguish messages that represent real risk from the rest. “I think it just shows how vulnerable we are. <...> You really don’t know if a person is nearby or whether he knows where you live, or something like that, ”Bowlter said.
The athlete believes that most of the insults addressed to her are written by people who made bets on her matches, since she receives such messages both after victories and after defeats.
According to the BBC with reference to the data of Signify, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), last year more than 450 tennis players received a total of about eight thousand messages with insults and threats.
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