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6/17/2025, 11:53:28 AM
>Katie Boulter had just lost a tie-break at the French Open when the death threats started.
>It did not matter that the Briton would go on to win the match.
>"Hope you get cancer," said one message.
>Another - laced with expletives - referenced damaging her "grandmother's grave if she's not dead by tomorrow" and "candles and a coffin for your entire family".
>A third said: "corr INSEMINATION of katie boulter"
>The British number two's response, as she reads through them 10 days later, is a mix of despair, resignation and fear.
>Boulter agreed to sit down with BBC Sport to provide unprecedented insight into the volume and nature of abuse received by players, including sharing screenshots of her private inbox.
>It did not matter that the Briton would go on to win the match.
>"Hope you get cancer," said one message.
>Another - laced with expletives - referenced damaging her "grandmother's grave if she's not dead by tomorrow" and "candles and a coffin for your entire family".
>A third said: "corr INSEMINATION of katie boulter"
>The British number two's response, as she reads through them 10 days later, is a mix of despair, resignation and fear.
>Boulter agreed to sit down with BBC Sport to provide unprecedented insight into the volume and nature of abuse received by players, including sharing screenshots of her private inbox.
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