Overview

• Katie Boulter revealed she and her family received direct death threats and violent messages that left her fearing for their safety.
• Threat Matrix analysts reviewed 1.6 million social media posts to flag 8,000 abusive comments aimed at 458 players and referred 15 accounts to law enforcement.
• The WTA and ITF report found gamblers were responsible for 40 percent of detected abuse, leading to formal calls for betting operators to identify and punish offenders.
• World No. 2 Coco Gauff urged social media companies to strengthen comment filters and ban repeat harassers to protect athletes.
• Players, governing bodies and fans are demanding a coordinated response from tournaments, platforms, bookmakers and police to curb toxic online behaviour.