Australian Open 2018 Tennys Sandgren apologizes for offensive tweet
However, following criticism from the likes of Serena Williams, who took to Twitter to say “there is a entire group of people that deserves an apology”, Sandgren used his social media account to look to draw a line under the controversy.
“In regards to the gay club tweet from 2012, I used poor and harsh words to describe a bad experience, and is not indicative of how I feel about the people in that community. To everyone I offended with that, pls accept my apology,” Sandgren wrote on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Serena Williams had called for Sandgren to apologize, writing: "I don't need or want one. But there is an entire group of people that deserves an apology."
Amazingly, the 26-year-old missed out on qualifying in the last four years to reach the main draw in Melbourne.
He conquered former winner Stan Wawrinka and fifth seed Dominic Thiem before losing to South Korean giant-killer Hyeon Chung, who knocked out six-times champion Novak Djokovic
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