Ukrainian tennis player player Elina Svitolina has spoken out about the deluge of hateful abuse she received online from frustrated gamblers after losing her match on Tuesday at the National Bank Open in Montreal.

The messages included wishing her death and celebrating Russia killing her compatriots.

Following her straight-sets loss to Naomi Osaka in the quarterfinals in Montreal, Svitolina posted screenshots of the messages on Instagram.

The abuse was directed at her, while other racial slurs also targeted her husband, the French tennis player Gael Monfils, who is Black.

One abuser hoped that Russia "kills all you [expletive] Ukrainians" in the war raging in Svitolina's country.

"To all the bettors: I'm a mum before I'm an athlete," Svitolina wrote in her Instagram story. "The way yo

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