The WTA players are under constant attack by cyber bullies and those angry tennis “fans” can’t contain their emotions even during exhibition tournaments. Yesterday at the Bett1 Aces exhibition tournament in Berlin, Germany’s Andrea Petkovic played her first match since last fall, losing to two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in straight sets on the grass court of the Steffi Graf Stadium, and then her inbox got full of insulting messages by gamblers.
Since such messages are a daily occurrence in a tennis player’s life, Petko got used to them years ago and doesn’t even bother any more, but after her Berlin exho she decided to share one such “communication” with her audience:
Petko said she gets dozens of these a day, but this one triggered her to respond and this is how she got back in her recognizable style:
Missed this!