Explained: Tennis’ plan to work with betting companies to reduce abuse of female players

Explained: Tennis’ plan to work with betting companies to reduce abuse of female players

With British tennis star Katie Boulter opening up on abuse from faceless social media trolls, many of which contained references to betting, the WTA and ITF have decided to approach gambling companies for a solution to what is a major problem in sport.

The WTA and ITF had published a report recently which revealed that 458 players were the targets of abuse last year. Reuters