Former world No.4 Caroline Garcia has taken a type stance in opposition to tennis playing. The Frenchwoman, who retired from the game in 2025, turned down a profitable playing sponsorship for her podcast, “Tennis Insider Membership”.
She defined her reasoning in an Instagram put up this week.
“Right here’s why we turned down a $270,000 podcast sponsorship from a betting firm,” she wrote. “It wasn’t a straightforward “no,” particularly proper after retiring from tennis. However we wish to construct a platform the place gamers really feel utterly protected to be sincere, susceptible, and open about something, with out strain or distraction.”
Playing has made its means into the game by way of sponsorship offers lately. One can’t even get by watching a set of a match on Tennis Channel with out being fed stay betting odds. However playing can be accountable for the lion’s share of abuse that gamers take in on social media.
It’s good to know that Garcia is prepared to forego the cash within the identify of the sanctity of the game she loves.
