Camile Giorgi hit back at people criticising compatriot Matteo Berrettini as the big-serving Italian earned a lot of criticism lately due to his poor results.
Tennis players receiving all kinds of hate and abuse online is a tale as old as time however things can get particularly bad for some of them at times. It's been that way for Berrettini whose results greatly suffered this year due to poor play. It's something that he spoke about and his compatriot Giorgi also spoke against it recently.
She's very familiar with the abuse element as she's been getting it for years. Speaking on that, Giorgi noted that it's easy to hide behind a keyboard:
“How can you criticize a person you don't know, & who’s taken time for himself like Matteo? If I don't like someone I stay miles away. Anyone & anything can be hidden behind a keyboard. Even a great sadness. It’s all done anonymously, it's demeaning”
Camila Giorgi on Berrettini: “How can you criticize a person you don't know, & who’s taken time for himself like Matteo? If I don't like someone I stay miles away. Anyone & anything can be hidden behind a keyboard. Even a great sadness. It’s all done anonymously, it's demeaning”
