Burrage receives support after online death threats

Britain's Jodie Burrage is receiving support from WTA staff at an event in India after being sent death threats on social media. Jodie Burrage has been ranked as high as 85th in the world and represented Britain in the Billie Jean King Cup Britain's Jodie Burrage has been receiving support from WTA staff at an event in India after being sent death threats on social media. Burrage, 27, was bombarded with abusive online messages when she was beaten in her first WTA Tour singles main-draw match in 16 months on Tuesday. On Wednesday, she won in the last 16 of the Chennai Open doubles alongside Robin Montgomery of the United States. "Protecting players and the wider tennis family from online threats and abuse is a key priority for the WTA," the governing body told BBC Sport.

"We have WTA staff on the ground in Chennai offering Jodie support, along with our wider player welfare and Threat Matrix team." Burrage shared a story on her Instagram account that showed the direct messages she had been sent following a 3-6 6-3 7-5 loss to India's Vaishnavi Adkar. "Nice welcome back to tour. I remember why I left," Burrage wrote. Burrage tagged the WTA into the post, asking when action will be taken to combat abuse. Other players, including Germany's Eva Lys, showed