Tennis star Paula Badosa is being accused of racism after posing with a pair of chopsticks and squinting in a photo that surfaced over the weekend.

Tennis player Paula Badosa has apologised after posting a photo appearing to mimic a Chinese face while having dinner in Beijing. The image was posted on Instagram by Badosa’s coach, Pol Toledo Bague, and shows the Spanish player pulling a face while holding chopsticks to her eyes.

The world number 15 says she was "playing with my face and wrinkles" in a photo of her pulling her eyes back with chopsticks, adding that she has "many Asian friends".