Katie Boulter: British no. 2 reveals threats to death and internet abuse to emphasize the disturbing side of tennis betting Tennis news

British number 2 Katie Boulter opened the level of abuse, which was directed to some tennis players and discovered that her family received the threats to death.

Boulter shared his experience with BBC Sport To highlight the question of players receiving toxic messages online.

Examples of the 28-year-olds involved a message that tells her to buy “candles and coffin for your whole family” in connection with your “grandmother’s grave if she is not dead by tomorrow.”

The second message stated that it should “go to hell,” because it cost money for posters, and another one read “I hope you get cancer.”

“I’m just wondering who’s the person who sent it. I think I’d ever tell my worst enemy, it’s awful, it was awful,” said awful, “Boulter said.

“As for death threats, it’s just not something you want to read right after the emotional loss.

“You get a lot of time and after you win.”

Abuse of gamblers who lost money

Boulter believes that many abuse comes from gamblers who lost money and while learning how to treat them better over the years, incidents can set genuine concerns about her safety.

“I Think It Just Kind of Shows How. You Really Don’t Know If This Person Is On Site. You Really Don’t Know IF They’re Nearby Or If They Know Where You Live Or Anything Like That,” She Added.

“At the very beginning of my career, it probably something I took (…) getting comments about the way you look.”

“It becomes more obvious every time you go to the phone.”

The message that crossed the family who referred to his family came during his French first tour victory over Carole Monnet 29. May. After losing the first interruption, Boulter won the 6-7 (4) Match 6-1.

Boulter said that he was involved in the severity and seriousness of abuse grows and took care of the potential influence of younger players.

“I think it increases in number, and also increases at the level of things people say. I don’t think there’s anything from the tickets,” Boulter said.

Boulter said to prepare for the level of abuse to increase when playing in Vimbledon, Herhome Grand Slam starts 30. June.

British no. 2 also said to receive abuse online if her partner, Australian world no. 12 Aleks de Minaur, loses the game.

What is it done?

The Women’s Tennis Association (VTA) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced its first report to the network abuse of players after initiating the menu of the threat of the threat last January.

The system acts on all major social media platforms and benefits AI and human analysts to identify and deal with harassment, abuse and threats aimed at players.

The report reveals that 1.6 million posts and comments were analyzed, with about 8,000 608 players identified as violent, violent or threatening. Five players received 26 percent of total abuse, while 40 percent of the messages were identified as they come from angry gamblers.

Fifteen orders were determined for law enforcement due to serious and fruitful nature of messages, while details were shared with tennis events security teams to prevent individuals from accessing places.

The VTA and ITF spokesman said, “Protection of players and wider terrestrial network threats and abuses that cover the first year of threatening menacial mode shows the scale of problems and, crucial, actions taken to be taken into account.

“Given the clear evidence that prominent a threat to the matrix on a connection between angry gamblers and fruitful network abuse and threats, we call a constructive dialogue with gambling industry to help solve this issue.

“All – betting operators, social media platforms, ruling bodies, players and lawyers – have a responsibility to give network space safer and positive. We hope that gambling industry will constructively react to our invitation to our share.”

The threat matrix service also improves to allow an abused message to hide or remove in real time.