Caroline Wozniacki has accused a TV commentator of bullying her for the past 20 years.
Danish commentator Peter Bastiansen criticised her for not announcing a retirement, instead taking a break from tennis.
He told B.T: “I’ll fall off my chair if she declares herself ready for the Australian Open in January. It would be a parody if she did. It would simply be deeply unserious. I can’t see why the organisers would even bother to give her a wildcard.”
Wozniacki then replied on social media, writing: “It’s now been more than 20 years that Peter Bastiansen has bullied me and attacked me personally in the media, talking about things he doesn’t understand.
“Peter, you’re a clown, and as a so-called ‘tennis expert’ you should know the rules. It can be hard to keep track of them when you’ve never played at a high level yourself.
“But I have a frozen ranking of world No. 71, which means I don’t need wildcards to enter the big tournaments.”
“After many years of hard training and top-level tennis, I have the right to do what’s best for my family. I don’t understand why TV 2, B.T., and other media outlets keep using his quotes when there are many far better experts in Denmark.”