Sandgren apologises for offensive tweet

An offensive post on Twitter has drawn an apology from Tennys Sandgren, who made the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Published : Jan 26, 2018 01:41 IST

Tennys Sandgren reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 Australian Open.
Tennys Sandgren reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 Australian Open.
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Tennys Sandgren reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 Australian Open.

Tennys Sandgren has issued an apology for an offensive tweet he posted about a visit to a gay club in 2012.

The American made a surprise run to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, having never gone beyond round one of a grand slam before, but his performance has been overshadowed by controversial social media activity.

Sandgren wipes tweets after backlash over views

Sandgren denied links to the alt-right movement on Twitter and later took aim at the media, accusing reporters of "perpetuating propaganda machines".

The 26-year-old this week deleted all his previous activity on Twitter bar one retweet from November 2013.

One deleted post read that a trip to a gay club had "left his eyes bleeding" and Sandgren has apologised for his comments.

"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," he wrote. 

"To everyone I offended with that, pls [please] accept my apology."

On Wednesday, Serena Williams had called for Sandgren to apologise writing : "I don't need or want one. But there is an entire group of people that deserves an apology."

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