Overview
- Garcia announced the rejection on X, calling the offer a huge sum for an independent show shortly after her retirement from tennis.
- She cited repeated accounts from players and insiders of gambling driving pressure, insults, refund demands, and even death threats toward athletes.
- She wrote that she does not want Tennis Insider Club to contribute to addiction or to the normalization of betting in sport.
- She argued that betting firms fund sponsorships because the visibility shapes behavior, and she wants to keep her audience from that push.
- She said she will wait for partners who share a long-term, athlete-first vision for the podcast she co-hosts with her husband Borja Duran, launched in 2024.