(CNN)Shelby Rogers said she was expecting to person "nine cardinal decease threats" connected societal media pursuing her 4th circular US Open decision to Great Britain's Emma Raducanu.
The American mislaid 6-2 6-1 conscionable 2 days aft stunning No. 1 effect Ash Barty, saying she struggled to reset mentally aft that immense upset win.
"Obviously, we admit the spotlight successful those moments, but then, you know, you person contiguous and I'm going to person 9 cardinal decease threats and whatnot," she told reporters aft Monday's match.
"It's precise overmuch polarizing, 1 utmost to the different precise quickly.
"At this constituent successful my career, I'd accidental I'm utilized to it. It's conscionable present for me, similar I said, uncovering a mode to, okay, person those large wins but past beryllium capable to backmost it up a small bit. Yeah, it's not easy, to accidental the least."
On Saturday, Rogers' compatriot Sloane Stephens said she received much than 2,000 messages of "abuse and anger" aft her 3rd circular US Open decision to Angelique Kerber.
Stephens shared respective of the messages she said she received connected Instagram, which included threats of carnal violence.
"I benignant of privation societal media didn't exist," Rogers said erstwhile asked astir Stephens' Instagram posts. "Here we are. It's a large portion of selling now, we person contracts, we person to station definite things.
"I don't know, you could astir apt spell done my illustration close now, I'm astir apt a abdominous pig and, you know, words that I can't accidental close now. But, I mean, it is what it is. You effort not to instrumentality it to heart, and it's the unfortunate broadside of immoderate athletics and what we do.
"I'm besides precise grateful to person had that accidental connected Ashe. Not everybody has adjacent had a accidental to play there, and I played determination 3 times this week. It's conscionable trying to support it successful perspective. You know, conscionable focusing connected the important things, not comments from radical successful their mom's basement.
"You know, yeah, it's truly unfortunate and immoderate of it does get to your caput sometimes."
In a connection sent to CNN connected Monday, Instagram said it has reviewed the accounts flagged by Stephens and removed immoderate which violated its policies.
"The racist maltreatment directed astatine Sloane Stephens aft the US Open is abhorrent," a institution spokesperson from Facebook, which owns Instagram, said. "No 1 should person to acquisition racist maltreatment anywhere, and sending it connected Instagram is against our rules.
"In summation to our enactment to region comments and accounts that repeatedly interruption our rules, determination are information features available, including Comment Filters and Message Controls, which tin mean nary 1 has to spot this benignant of abuse.
"No azygous happening volition hole this situation overnight, but we're committed to the enactment to support our assemblage harmless from abuse."
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