Ukrainian women's tennis player Elina Svitolina has revealed several hateful and derogatory messages she received from bettors who were frustrated following her loss Tuesday night to Naomi Osaka in the quarterfinals of the National Bank Open in Montreal, Canada.

Favored to win the match, Svitolina lost in straight sets before she was bombarded with a series of threats aimed at her and husband Gael Monfils, a French men's player on tour. Svitolina posted messages of racial slurs tossed his way in addition to vitriol from users hoping Russia "kills all you (expletive) Ukrainians" as a war continues in Svitolina's home country.

"To all the bettors: I'm a mum before I'm an athlete," Svitolina wrote in her Instagram story. "The way you talk to women -- to mothers -- is SHAMEFUL. If your mot

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