Vondroušová started the first match after a break of more than three weeks since the US Open, and after winning the set 6:1, she lost the next two against the 28th player in the world 4:6 and 1:6. She herself then published a screenshot from her phone where users hiding behind anonymous names insult her and accuse her of cheating. However, this is far from the first case that Vondroušová has encountered. “It’s here again,” she wrote.
“It usually happens after matches when he loses. But tennis is not only about winning and always having a good time. It is mostly written by some foreigners. When I started playing tournaments, I thought it was weird, but now I don’t see it that way anymore. When I open Instagram, these messages sometimes pop up. It cannot be completely avoided. But I don’t even click comments under articles anymore,” sighed Vondroušová in an interview with Sport.cz some time ago.
Marketa Vondrousova posted screenshots of some of the harrassment she’s received after her loss to Anhelina Kalinina today:
“Here we go again.”
Really sad that players have to go through this after basically every loss.
Marketa doesn’t deserve this at all. No one does. pic.twitter.com/5lL5OcBrZk
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) October 1, 2023
“Those are the punters. Maky also forwards to me what she’s up to. That’s what you’d have to answer to them: Go to hell, moron, then you should bet properly,” said Jan Fuchs, the first coach of this year’s winner from the All England Club, who was filing shorts with Vondroušová on the clay courts in Kynšperk nad Ohří.
Women’s tennis is generally very unpredictable. While there is a lot to be gained from betting in the first rounds of tournaments, there is also a lot to be lost. And the unsuccessful then pour out their frustration, which was already recognized by teenager Nosková, who was addressed by one of these internet trolls with the most obscene insults. At the same time, especially young tennis players are recommended to significantly limit their activities on social networks.
“I myself say that anyone who bets on women’s matches is a moron. And if he loses money, it’s only the idiot’s problem,” said coach Fuchs.
