Protecting U.S. Open Champion Coco Gauff has an easy repair to the relatively frustrating problem of cyberbullying: the block button.
After her second-round success over Tatjana Maria Wednesday, Gauff was inquired about the subject after French tennis gamer Caroline Garcia published a prolonged message on social networks about bullying professional athletes deal with and the effect it has on their psychological health.
Caroline Garcia in action throughout the preliminary of the U.S. Open Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
She consisted of numerous “hate” messages she got.
CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
[These] are a few of the messages I got recently after losing some matches. Simply a few of them,” Garcia composed on X. “There's hundreds. And now, being 30 years old, although they still harm, since at the end of the day, I'm simply a regular lady working truly tough and attempting my finest, I have tools and have actually done work to safeguard myself from this hate. Still, this is not okay.
“It actually frets me when I consider more youthful gamers showing up, that need to go through this. Individuals that still have not yet established totally as a human which truly may be impacted by this hate.
“Maybe you can believe that it does not harm us. It does. We are human beings. And in some cases, when we get this messages we are currently mentally ruined after a difficult loss. And they can be destructive. Numerous before me have actually raised the topic. And still, no development has actually been made.
Gauff stated she was informed about the post and concurred with her point.
Coco Gauff in action throughout a second-round match of the U.S. Open Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
DANIIL MEDVEDEV EXPRESSES NO REGRETS OVER NOTORIOUS 2019 United States OPEN INTERVIEW: ‘I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT'
“It's hard due to the fact that you hear a great deal of nasty things, and individuals speak about your look, your household's look, and all these things,” Gauff stated. “If you are currently having problem with your own psychological concerns and, on top of that, you have individuals digging much deeper, it is difficult.”
Gauff confessed to restricting her time on social networks, including she normally prevents X. Her finest tool? Obstructing the sound, although the technique isn't sure-fire.
“I personally simply obstruct. I'm somebody, I will actually invest 30 minutes obstructing all individuals. I truly do not care,” she stated. “I'm entitled not to check out unfavorable aspects of myself. Simply as you're entitled to compose that, I'm entitled to obstruct it. It is regrettable. Undoubtedly, the block can just do so much.”
Coco Gauff prepares to serve throughout her songs second-round tennis match versus Germany's Tatjana Maria at the U.S. Open in New York City Aug. 28, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP through Getty Images)
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Guaff is enthusiastic advances in innovation will be the response.
