“Your mothers would have been disgusted” “Elina Svitolina denounced the hatred messages received after eliminating from Montreal

Elina Svitolina was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Montreal tournament, after a clear defeat, score 2-6, 2-6, against him Naomi Osaka (27 years old, 49 WTA). Shortly after finishing the match, the Ukraine player had a strong message on Instagram.

Elina Svitolina, bombarded by hate messages: “Your country is in war and you are shameful”

As a result of the defeat with Osaka, Svitolina was bombed with hatred, offenses, racist names and threats. The 30 -year -old athlete posted a few messages on Instagram and wrote the following:

“For all the bets: I am a mother before being a sportsman. The way you talk to women, with mothers, is shameful. If your mothers had seen your messages, they would have been disgusted”, It was Svitolina's message.

The tennis followers accused her of arranging the match, addressed swearing and offenses, invited her to retire from tennis, hated them to get injured and threaten Svitolina with death.

They also had racist remarks to Gael Monfils, her husband, whom they called “monkey”, and they wrote that it was “the slave of corruption”. They were not missing the approach to the Ukraine war.

“Your country is in war and you are shameful in this way“And”I hope Russia to kill all the Ukrainians of shit“There were two of the messages received by Svitolina.

In Montreal, Ukrainian passed by Kamilla Rakhimova, Anna Kalinskaya and Amanda Anisimova, but was defeated by Naomi Osaka. “Thank you so much for all your love. It means everything to me!” Svitolina wrote on Instagram, addressing those who supported her during the Canada tournament.

According to a report of the WTA and ITF related to online abuse, 458 tennis players were the target of more than 8000 comments and abusive posts in 2024. Also, 40% of abuse was caused by nervous bets, showed the report of the two organizations, quoted by ESPN.