Ryan Harrison has denied the latest claims that he directed racial abuse towards fellow American Donald Young at last week’s New York Open.
The world number 58 was speaking on the latest episode of the podcast ‘Beyond The Baseline’ when he was once again asked about the Racial abuse he was accused of during last week’s first round match at the New York Open against Donald Young.
On the podcast, Harrison once again denied the claims that were linked to him and racism, “There was never a doubt in my mind that anything I said could even be close to interpreted that way. Every bit of evidence proved that what I said was exactly what I said it was the whole time, it was just in conversation—not nice conversation between Donald and I, but it was not racial.”
The two players seemed to be in quite the exchange during the match which resulted in a ATP investigation. The investigation didn’t result in any punishment for either play as there was no substantial evidence or audio to take action.
Harrison, is now considering legal action against Young for ruining his reputation, “Donald took to social media to try and smear my name and basically assassinate my image just to try to get back at me for what’s been a series of tough matches against me.”
This is not the only time Harrison has been accused of abusing an opponent after he reportedly swore at Yannick Hanfmann for being German during their Quarter-Final match in Brisbane this year. You can watch the incident 14 seconds into the following video:
Ryan Harrison recently exited the Delray Beach Open after a straight sets loss to fellow American Reilly Opelka.
