As if a fourth round 6-2, 6-1 thrashing at the U.S. Open was not hard enough to deal with, American Shelby Rogers said that she would most likely have to contend with death threats on social media following Monday's loss to Emma Raducanu.
While death threats over a tennis match may seem shocking, several players at this year's U.S. Open have said such things are now part of sport with much of the abuse coming from gamblers hooked on online betting.
"I'm going to have 9 million death threats and whatnot," said Rogers with a shrug. "At this point in my career, I'd say I'm used to it. ... I kind of wish social media didn't exist. You could probably go through my profile right now — I'm probably a fat pig and words that I can't say right now."
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