Overview
- The German No. 1 reports receiving thousands of messages since her mid‑teens that include graphic threats of sexual violence against her and threats to kill family members.
- She says individuals tracked training sites and hotels and even accessed room numbers, describing the behavior as crossing every boundary.
- Lys says she and the WTA put measures in place to keep identified individuals away from tournaments and courts, yet she notes the limits of such protection.
- She links spikes in abuse to match losses and describes messages frequently coming from bettors angry about wagers.
- Lys publicly shared screenshots in October and plans to stay on social media, citing WTA data showing 8,000 violent comments among 1.6 million reviewed and only 12 cases reaching law enforcement.