Nowadays, some athletes feel that posting sensitive information on social media is the only way to get their voices heard and achieve justice, often due to fear of powerful executives.
The question that’s going around without an answer is, should matters like these be addressed privately or taken to social media and let the public be the judge?
Ukrainian tennis player Lesia Tsurenko took to social media to accuse an unnamed tennis executive of mental abuse and added that the WTA failed her by not taking her matter seriously, by ignoring her case.
When contacted for a comment the WTA was no avail, the 35-year-old wrote she has been receiving end of humiliation, harassment and prolonged moral decline.
“I spoke about it openly and directly. I tried to seek protection and justice within the WTA. But in response, faced indifference and injustice, which led to a prolonged moral decline.
“Pain, fear, panic attacks, humiliation, withholding information, harassment of my team to silence me… and this isn’t even the full list of what I’ve had to endure. The WTA tour refused to protect a woman, a player, a human being.
“Instead, the WTA tour chose to protect a person in a leadership position. My last chance to defend myself, to stand up for my rights, my dignity, and to prevent such acts of violence in sports is to seek justice in court.
“And this is the path l’m taking since the end of last year, pray to God that no one will ever experience what I’m going through and that everyone is held.”
This matter has really affected her as she has taken a break from participating in tournaments. Tsurenko was last seen playing in court in the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs . She won and later lost against Sinja Kraus by 6-3 , 7-5 , 1-6 , 1-6.
The results were enough to see her represent her country as they defeated Austria by 3-2 to book a place in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals this year.
