Boris Becker called on today’s tennis generation to be less active on social networks during tournaments.
“Players shouldn’t go online that often and not deal with people online that are just looking for confrontation and just trying to insult you. I know what I’m talking about,” said the 55-year-old legend before the start of the French Open on Sunday.
The French association announced on Monday that it would use technical support to protect players from hate comments on social media at the Grand Slam tournament on clay. A technological solution should ensure that the professionals can have their content moderated on Instagram, Twitter & Co.
This is basically positive, said Becker, who will accompany the tournament in Paris as an expert for “Eurosport”. However, “more initiative” is also required from the players, who should go online less before big games. “You have to discipline yourself and say: Now I’ll leave the phone off,” said Becker.