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Jodie Burrage offered support by WTA after death threats and online abuse

The Guardian Sport Wednesday 04 November 2026, 12:55 UTC By Press Association 1 min read
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British player sent abusive messages after defeat in IndiaWTA says ‘staff in Chennai offering Jodie support’The WTA has offered additional support to Jodie Burrage after she received death threats and online abuse following a first-round defeat at a tournament in India on Tuesday. Burrage shared a raft of abusive messages sent to her Instagram account after a gruelling 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 defeat by India’s Vaishnavi Adkar at the Chennai Open. The 27-year-old, who was playing her first WTA Tour...

  • British player sent abusive messages after defeat in India

  • WTA says ‘staff in Chennai offering Jodie support’

The WTA has offered additional support to Jodie Burrage after she received death threats and online abuse following a first-round defeat at a tournament in India on Tuesday.

Burrage shared a raft of abusive messages sent to her Instagram account after a gruelling 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 defeat by India’s Vaishnavi Adkar at the Chennai Open. The 27-year-old, who was playing her first WTA Tour match since last summer, accompanied the messages with the caption: “Nice welcome back to the tour. I remember why I left.”

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