Rennae Stubbs criticised after posting inaccurate Australian Open viewers graphic: "You may wish to issue a clarification"

Former tennis player Rennae Stubbs was criticised after she posted fake numbers of the ATP and WTA final of the Australian Open that showed the WTA final being more watched.

Stubbs probably didn't know the numbers she was posting were fake and the chance to promote women's tennis felt too good to pass upon. The initial post of Stubbs showed that the WTA final had around 130.000 more viewers than the ATP final which is a significant number considering that generally, men's finals are for more watched than women's.

Her tweet said:

"Don’t tell me Women’s sports isn’t worth sponsoring or showing on TV!"

The numbers were however fake as the men's final actually drew twice as many viewers as the women's final. Fans were not kind in the comments.

One wrote:

"Just another day of Rennae spreading misinformation. Embarrasing."

Fellow media member Stuart Fraser added:

"Hi Rennae. As I thought earlier, the ratings in that graphic you tweeted earlier are indeed misleading (correct numbers below courtesy of Tennis Australia). You may wish to issue a clarification or even delete given the amount of shares that piece of misinformation is getting?"

Another fan added:

"Anyone could’ve done that photo and made up some numbers to go with it. Where is there source"