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Eva Lys Publishes Death Threats and Sexist Abuse After Tokyo Defeat

Her posts highlight a pattern that players link to disgruntled bettors.

Overview

  • Hours after a 1:6, 1:6 round-of-16 loss to 19-year-old Victoria Mboko in Tokyo, the 23-year-old shared screenshots of hostile messages on Instagram.
  • The posts included explicit death threats and misogynistic insults, with one message telling her to kill herself and another urging her to stay on OnlyFans.
  • Lys captioned the montage with "Tennis is fun until it isn't" and has repeatedly made such messages public to show the scale of harassment.
  • She has said many messages come from people who wager on matches, claim losses, issue threats, and even demand she repay their bets.
  • Reports note similar experiences from players including Alexander Zverev and Katie Boulter, with no new legal or platform enforcement actions reported in these accounts.