KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Reigning Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki says she and her family were targets of verbal abuse and threats from the crowd during her opening match at the Miami Open, which she lost to Monica Puig. In a statement Saturday posted on Twitter, Wozniacki said the tournament did nothing to prevent the abuse. Tournament director James Blake responded that while the crowd was “loud and passionate,” Miami Open staff, WTA Tour officials and courtside security were unaware during the match of any threats made. “We had tournament and WTA staff as well as tournament security courtside,” Blake said. She said she hopes the Miami Open takes her complaints about the crowd behaviour seriously.

Source: National Post March 24, 2018 19:41 UTC