Paula Badosa reacts to brutal footage of father beating female tennis player

| by Evita Mueller

Whole tennis world was stunned by a recently released footage in which a father brutally attacked his daughter on a tennis court.

People in Belgrade witnessed a really sad scene on one of the tennis courts of Crvena Zvezda. Father of a tennis player attacked her with punches and after dragging her on the ground, he also kicked his daughter.

"Absolute disgrace" - Azarenka on brutal on-court assault from female player's father
"Absolute disgrace" - Azarenka on brutal on-court assault from female player's father

This was soon stopped by people who also recorded it and then shared by Igor Juric, who fights against violence.

Since being posted, the video was seen by many tennis players competing on the ATP & WTA Tour as Victoria Azarenka was one of the first to respond:

"I don't know who this person is... but wtf is this?!? People filming for this long without intervening. Absolute disgrace... And it happens so much there has to accountability... Please report who this person is if somebody knows."

Soon, her colleague from the WTA Tour, Paula Badosa also noticed this shocking footage and shared it on Twitter while stating:

"This is crazy!!!!! The worst thing is that it is not the only case in our sport. People putting their f… frustrations on the athlete. Fed up! Please report it! Much encouragement to her. I have a broken heart right now..."

WATCH: Father of female tennis player brutally assaults her on-court
WATCH: Father of female tennis player brutally assaults her on-court

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