Death threats for Briton Burrage on WTA Tour return

Britain's Jodie Burrage received death threats and abuse on social media after she was beaten in her first WTA Tour singles match proper for 16 months.

The 27-year-old, ranked 474th in the world, suffered a first-round exit at the Chennai Open after India's Vaishnavi Adkar fought back from a set down to triumph 3-6 6-3 7-5.

Burrage later shared a story on her Instagram account, external with a video scroll of direct messages, including abuse, she was sent following the match.

"Nice welcome back to tour. I remember why I left," said the Londoner in the accompanying message.

Germany's Eva Lys showed solidarity with Burrage, tagging the WTA from her Instagram handle and asking: "When will something be done?"