Gambling firms under pressure to ban users trolling tennis stars
Jodie Burrage said she could not face looking at her phone after losing her first-round Wimbledon match on Tuesday.
'It's tough and today I'm trying not to look at my phone,' she said after losing to Caty McNally, 23, in straight sets. 'It's not easy to deal with, but I do think there could be more being done.
'I think there should be way more accountability if you have an account on any platform. I think it's very simple to have someone's ID connected to their account and that would, I think, quickly stop what people write and make them more accountable.'
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EXCLUSIVE My brother was knocked down by a wave in knee-deep water and drowned in 30 seconds while on his first friends' holiday
The holidaymaker who died after being pulled out of the sea on his first friends' holiday was knocked off his feet by a wave in knee-deep water, his distraught sister said. Aaron Keightley, 29, died on Monday after the tragedy at Skegness, Lincolnshire, where he had been enjoying the summer heatwave. The labourer - pictured below on the same beach just 24 hours earlier - was taken by the current, his sister Shannon Smith said. Ms Smith has launched an online fundraiser to help cover the costs of bringing her 'selfless and loving' older sibling's body home to Leicester, as well as his funeral. The 26-year-old told MailOnline Mr Keightley had 'always enjoyed family holidays, but this was his first proper holiday away with friends'. Speaking from her home in Beaumont Leys, Leicester, she added: 'He went with two friends and they were having the best time. 'He'd been so excited for it. He went last Friday for a week, and they'd been to the beach every day.' Ms Smith said her brother and his friends were 'just messing about in the waves, no more than knee deep', when a 'really big one' knocked them off their feet. She added: 'Aaron could swim, but he wasn't the strongest swimmer, and he was just dragged out and apparently started panicking. 'One of his friends tried to help him, but he said by the time he got to Aaron it was already too late. 'However, he stayed with him the whole time, and did everything he could, even to the point where he was almost drowning himself.' She said that eventually, with the help of another man who appeared with a dinghy, they managed to get him back out of the sea. 'Aaron's friends are absolutely distraught. They are suffering from survivors' guilt - even though what happened wasn't their fault. It was a tragic accident. 'Apparently it happened in 30 seconds. They just did not realise how strong the current could be. There needs to be more warning signs.' Ms Smith took the picture of her brother on the beach when she visited the trio in the seaside resort on Sunday. 'He was so happy', she continued. 'I told him to be careful, and to make sure he was eating and drinking properly in the hot weather - but I didn't ever imagine something like this would happen.' The county's RNLI Lifeguards told in a Facebook post how they recovered an 'unconscious member of the public from the water south of central beach, after he got into difficulty in the surf.' It added: 'Despite their best efforts to resuscitate him, the casualty sadly passed away at the scene. Our thoughts go to the family and friends affected by the incident, along with many of the beach visitors who witnessed the tragic events at the time.' East Midlands Ambulance Service and the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance also attended the incident on Monday afternoon – the second beach fatality in the area in as many days. On Saturday afternoon a teenage boy vanished from Anderby Creek, between the resorts of Skegness and Mablethorpe. A body was recovered in the early hours of Sunday. Those tragedies came just a matter of weeks after hero holidaymaker Alexandru Melei, 60, died after wading into the sea at Ingoldmells, also near Skegness, after hearing twin girls screaming for help – only to be overwhelmed by the swell. Another of Mr Keightley's sisters, Kayley Keightley, 31, said that when the grieving family visited the beach on Tuesday, they only saw one lifeguard on the beach and another in a hut. 'There needs to be more of them for a beach that has hundreds and hundreds of people on a nice day', she said. Referring to the weekend tragedy at Anderby Creek, Ms Keightley added: 'There will be another tragedy - Aaron's was the second one on the same stretch of many people are losing their lives.' 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Emma Raducanu will head into a blockbuster clash against world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the third round of Wimbledon with her confidence soaring. The British number one produced one of her best performances at the All England Club to defeat former champion Marketa Vondrousova 6-3 6-3 on Centre Court. The Czech may be ranked down at 73 following shoulder problems but not only is she the 2023 title winner, she also defeated Sabalenka and Madison Keys on her way to winning the warm-up event in Berlin last month. That was something special from @EmmaRaducanu 😍 Through to the third round at @Wimbledon! — LTA (@the_LTA) July 2, 2025 'I feel amazing,' said a beaming Raducanu. 'I think that was just a really great match. Playing Marketa, I knew it was going to be very challenging. 'She's won Wimbledon. She's in amazing form right now having won Berlin. I'm just very proud of how I went out there and competed and kept committing and came through that one. 'I think that was one of the best matches I've played in a long time. At the same time, I didn't feel like I was doing anything outrageous, which gives me a lot of confidence. 'I think I was just doing the basics very, very well. I think I executed really well today. I'm just so happy to have that level. 'I think there's no better feeling than winning here at Wimbledon, winning on Centre Court. It honestly makes everything worth it. You forget about everything, all the ups and downs, when you're out there and you win. It's so fleeting.' Raducanu's reward, if it can be deemed as such, is a first meeting at a grand slam with a world number one. Sabalenka is yet to really find her stride at the All England Club this year, though, and is likely to feel a great deal of pressure having seen many of her rivals fall already. 'I think having won today against Marketa, she's also a really top opponent, so that gives me confidence, too, for my level,' said Raducanu. 'Of course, Aryna is number one in the world, been so dominant in the women's game as of the last few years. 'I know it's going to be a massive challenge. I'm going to have to play some really good tennis. For the rest of the evening I just want to savour that one and enjoy it.' She could consider herself unfortunate to come up against the top seed at this stage, but Raducanu added: 'You want to play the best. You are going to have to play them at some point if you want to win one of these tournaments. 'Even though it's early in the tournament, I'm looking forward to the opportunity.' Raducanu had beaten Vondrousova at the same stage four years ago to announce herself to the tennis world, and from the start of this contest the Kent player was clear-minded in how she wanted to play. She has lavished praise on coach Mark Petchey and this was another demonstration that the partnership, while unconventional given Petchey's broadcasting commitments, is proving a very positive one. The former US Open champion mixed up her tactics and defended well, while also taking the opportunities she created to step into the court and take control. Vondrousova looked to her box in frustration at several moments as Raducanu found the answers to everything the crafty Czech could throw at her. One deep defensive lob followed by a cross-court winner in the second set drew a prolonged ovation from the crowd, and Raducanu said: 'I turned one point around that I think is probably the best point I've ever played, so that was pretty crazy. 'I'm just so grateful to be playing in Centre Court. There was one moment in the second set where I looked up, and I was like, 'Oh, my God, how am I meant to hit the ball right now? I'm on Centre Court playing.' 'I managed to stay focused and locked in. It's pretty special when you take a moment to soak it all up what you're actually doing out there.'
