French tennis star shares horrible messages she received after US Open upset: 'There's hundreds'

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Carolina Garcia, a French tennis player who shockingly lost to Mexico’s Renata Zarazua in the U.S. Open on Tuesday, shared a social media post imploring critics to be mindful of their words. 

Garcia, the 28th-ranked women’s singles player entering the final Grand Slam of the year, shared a heartfelt message on all her social media platforms on Wednesday, saying she’s been receiving horrible messages following the straight-sets defeat. 

"This are some of the messages I received lately after loosing (sic) some matches. Just a few of them. There’s hundreds," Garcia said, while sharing some message in her X post that she’s been getting. "And now, being 30 years old, although they still hurt, because at the end of the day, I’m just a normal girl working really hard and trying my best, I have tools and have done work to protect myself from this hate. But still, this is not ok. 

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Caroline Garcia of France serves against Renata Zarazua of Mexico rduring their Women's Singles First Round match on Day Two of the 2024 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 27, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

"It really worries me when I think about younger players coming up, that have to go through this. People that still haven’t yet developed fully as a human and that really might be affected by this hate. Maybe you can think that it doesn’t hurt us. But it does. We are humans. And sometimes, when we receive this messages we are already emotionally destroyed after a tough loss. And they can be damaging. Many