according to data from the service.<\/a><\/p>\n“Through Threat Matrix, a system we established in 2023, delivered by Signify Group alongside World Tennis, we identify, investigate and take action against those responsible,” the WTA added.<\/p>\n
“This includes reporting abusive content for removal, escalating serious cases to law enforcement and supporting action to prevent real-world harm.<\/p>\n
“As much of the abuse players receive comes through direct messages, the WTA has offered Jodie additional support.<\/p>\n
“These include a private channel to report abusive direct messages, and moderation that hides abusive comments on public channels before she sees them.”<\/p>\n
In 2024, a report from Signify found that angry gamblers were behind 48% of posts which were deemed to be abusive.<\/p>\n
They were responsible for 42% of verified abuse in 2025 and 59% of cases of serious abuse.<\/p>\n
The WTA is working with several gambling companies in a programme that flags abuse from gamblers in real time, allowing the operator to take direct action against those targeting athletes.<\/p>\n
The company is then able to flag, restrict or suspend the account.<\/p>\n
Mhairi Maclennan, chief executive of the Kyniska Advocacy, which supports female athletes, believes there is “still not enough being done” to protect athletes across the board.<\/p>\n
“I’m afraid it is all too common for athletes who have public profiles to receive this type of abuse,” she told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Drive programme.<\/p>\n
“Whether they have won or lost, a lot of the athletes we speak to report they have received abuse – whether death threats or rape threats – because of their public profile and because sports like tennis are tied to betting.<\/p>\n
“Sports need a healthier relationship with betting agencies. Ultimately sports need money but we need to be looking at what betting is doing to individual athletes and looking after their welfare.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WTA insists it is taking a “proactive approach” to protecting female players from abuse. The Threat Matrix…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-907427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}