Ukrainian tennis player Lesia Tsurenko has publicly accused an unnamed tennis executive of mental abuse.
In a post on social network X, the 35-year-old athlete stated `mental abuse` and added that she received no support from the WTA after reporting the incident.
Tsurenko claims that she sought help from the WTA, but no action was taken, and instead she faced even more pressure.
`I spoke about it openly and directly. I tried to seek protection and justice within the WTA,` Tsurenko wrote.
`But in response, I faced indifference and injustice, which led to a prolonged moral decline.`
`Pain, fear, panic attacks, humiliation, withholding information, harassment of my team to silence me… and this is not even the full list of what I had to endure.`
`The WTA tour refused to protect a woman, a player, a human being. Instead, the WTA tour chose to protect a person in a leadership position.`
`My last chance to defend myself, to uphold my rights, my dignity, and to prevent such acts of violence in sports is to go to court.`
`And this is the path I have chosen since the end of last year, I pray to God that no one ever experiences what I am going through, and that everyone is held accountable.`
