BRITISH tennis star Jay Clarke revealed he receives racist abuse nine days out of ten.
The Derby man, 21, took to Twitter, responding to a post from fellow tennis player Liam Broady.
British No6 Broady discussed comments from rapper Stormzy about racism still existing in UK society.
In a passionate series of tweets, the 25-year-old wrote: I actually cant believe some of the things Im reading today regarding Stormzys comments highlighting racism in our country.
Yes, there is less racism here than in most countries around the world but that doesnt mean that we should ignore racism here because it isnt that bad?
When one of my best mates gets chased home for simply walking past a pub at night and has to hide in bushes to avoid getting beaten up because of his skin colour, how can you claim racism doesnt exist in this country?
This problem seems to be getting worse to me, not better.
And world No154 Clarke replied: Not this extreme but I experience something like this at least once a day nine days out of ten.
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Clarkes tweet was sent less than 36 hours after Chelsea and Germany defender Antonio Rudiger was racially abused during his club sides victory over Tottenham in North London on Sunday afternoon.
Earlier in December, Manchester United midfielder Fred was the subject of vile racist abuse during the derby win away at rivals City.
Clarke is currently ranked fifth in the British rankings behind Dan Evans, Cameron Norrie, Kyle Edmund and Andy Murray.
At Wimbledon in July, he won his first Grand Slam match to set up a second-round clash with eight-time champion Roger Federer.
The youngster put up a valiant fight but lost 6-1 7-6 6-2 on Court One.
He then teamed up with teenage sensation Coco Gauff in the mixed doubles.
But the British-American duo were comprehensively beaten 6-1 6-4 in the first round by Robert Lindstedt and Jelena Ostapenko, who reached the final.
