“I’m luckier than the kids who are starting to play now.
When I entered the professional circuit, there were no punters or social networks yet. I didn’t receive any hate between the ages of 16 and 21. At that time, I had been touring for several years and was more stable. Even when someone wrote me something, I left those comments. But when the death threats started and the transition to family began, then, of course, I deleted it.
Vesnina: “Djokovic is the best, I knew he would beat Nadal and Federer”
I remember that when I was 26, people were already writing to me that I was an old woman. And ours wrote. In our country, this subject of ageism bothers everyone so much that it even becomes funny.
But it didn’t bother me at all. I even tried to understand why it didn’t bother me so much. The defeat itself is painful for me, and what they write to me afterward does not matter to me at all, ”Vesnina said in an interview with the Tennisology telegram channel.
Source: Sport
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