Tennis star Jessica Pegula is calling out the social media users who send athletes threatening messages based on their on-court performances.

Pegula, 31, shared a thread via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, June 4, that included screenshots of some of the messages she allegedly received after her fourth-round loss in the French Open on Monday. She noted that the comments mostly came from sports bettors.

“These [bettors] are insane and delusional,” Pegula wrote. “And I don’t allow dms and try to remember when to shut my comments off during tournament weeks but they always find a way to my timeline. This stuff has never really bothered me much but does any other sport deal with this to our level? I’d love to know because it seems to be [predominantly] tennis?? It’s so disturbing.”

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