British tennis player Heather Watson has insisted that she is no longer upset by hurtful messages on Twitter.

The British number one claims that she receives vicious messages when she loses matches, and it used to hurt her feelings.

She told the Daily Mail: "When you're winning, it's all happy and rainbows and everybody's nice to you. When you lose, there can be some not‑so‑nice people out there. I think at the beginning when I would see mean, hurtful messages, it would really hurt my feelings because I wasn't used to it.

"I wouldn't remember any of the good comments, I'd just remember that one bad one. I've had so many now that it doesn't mean anything to me. I don't want to get too involved in other people's opinions and thoughts of me because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter."

Watson will meet Caroline Garcia in the first round of Wimbledon today.