Rebecca Marino, 22, Quits Professional Tennis Due to Depression, Cyberbullying

Rebecca Marino, a 22-year-old Canadian tennis player who has been ranked as high as 38th in the world in women?s professional tennis, is calling it quits. Her decision to quit the sport has nothing to do with injury or talent ? it?s because of cyberbullying, according to The Toronto Star. ?In a way I wish I hadn?t joined social media,? she admitted. Marino deleted both her Facebook and Twitter accounts earlier this week and explained to reporters via�conference�call that she�received�tweets that said she should ?go die? and to ?go burn in hell? and that she had cost bettors lots of money. ?It has been a difficult decision and one that I have not taken lightly,? she said in a conference call. ?After thinking long and hard about it, I realized that I do not have the passion or enjoyment to drive myself to the level of which I would like to be at in professional tennis. I have previously been to No. 38 on the WTA singles rankings, so I realize the amount of work and sacrifices that

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