Jodie Burrage Gets Online Abuse After Chennai Open Loss

Jodie Burrage received death threats and abusive social-media messages after losing her first-round match at the Chennai Open.

Jodie Burrage lost at the Chennai Open. She lost to Vaishnavi Adkar of India.

The score was 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Burrage won the first set.

She got death threats and abusive messages. She shared the messages on Instagram.

Nice welcome back to tour. I remember why I left.

The WTA said staff supported Burrage. It offered a private reporting channel.

Moderation would hide abusive public comments. Burrage would not see them first.

The WTA Threat Matrix team reported the abuse. It reported the abuse to social media platforms.

Investigations were under way. They aimed to find those responsible.

Section: Sport

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