Overview
- Rybakina temporarily deactivated her Instagram after her quarterfinal loss at Queen’s Club last week and has since reactivated the account with comments turned off to limit abusive messages from bettors.
- She told reporters in Berlin that much of the abuse is tied to disgruntled gamblers and that it was “impossible to control” without cutting off comment avenues or leaving the platform.
- The move is a personal coping step rather than a formal remedy: Rybakina said she wanted to avoid spending hours moderating content and that stepping away brought immediate relief.
- Tournament reporting notes she enters the Berlin Tennis Open as the No. 2 seed with a first‑round bye and will face either Alexandra Eala or Donna Vekić in her opening match.
- Advocates and a Signify Threat Matrix analysis point to a wider problem across the ATP and WTA, reporting hundreds of abuse cases in 2024 with about 77% linked to gamblers, and the pattern is renewing calls for stronger protections from tours and platforms.