Yes. I am the father of @ZizouBergs and I am very proud of him. He is a great young man who lives his dreams and works hard every day to realize his goals. I hope he continues the process and lives very long.
Father of Zizou Bergs targeted with malicious online abuse after son's French Open qualifying loss
ATPThursday, 25 May 2023 at 10:30
Belgian tennis players Zizou Bergs was upset in the Roland Garros qualifiers and his father was targeted with online abuse on social media as a result of that.
Tennis players getting hate on social media by now is just part of the experience. The tennis player was upset in his qualifying match losing to a player many expected he would beat. The result of it was social media abuse towards his father with one fan in particular leaving a comment on Instagram:
"Are you the father of this tennis c*nt? May he end tennis and life soon."
His father screenshotted the comment and responded:
"Yes. I am the father of @ZizouBergs and I am very proud of him. He is a great young man who lives his dreams and works hard every day to realize his goals," he said. "I hope he continues the process and lives very long."
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