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NBA legend's daughter slams Wimbledon commentators

Olympic gold medallist Trinity Rodman slammed Wimbledon commentators for mentioning her famous father and getting her name wrong, while in the stands supporting boyfriend Ben Shelton at The All England Club.

Rodman has watched on as Shelton progressed to the quarter-finals where he will take on world No.1 Jannik Sinner on Wednesday night.

In his fourth round match against Lorenzo Sonego, the ESPN broadcast turned its attention to Rodman, mentioning that she is the daughter of NBA legend Dennis Rodman.

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Trinity has been open about her rocky relationship with her father in the past and was less than impressed by the reference during the match.

"For Ben's matches he has his family there as his support system, which includes his dad… my dad's not even in MY life no need to bring him up during HIS matches when I don't even want him talked about during mine," Trinity wrote on social media.

"It's him and his loved ones' moment. Thank you (thumbs up emoji)."

Rodman (second from right) sits with Ben Shelton's family during one of his matches at Wimbledon. ISI Photos via Getty Images

She also called out the ESPN callers for getting her name wrong.

"For those who don't know… my name is TRINITY not Tiffany," she said.

Rodman discussed the details of her relationship with her father on the Call Her Daddy podcast in December.

Dennis Rodman was a controversial NBA star who played on Michael Jordan's famed Chicago team during the 90s.

"My mum was really good at making every situation seem smoother than it actually was, and I think that's what parents do to protect their children, but I think even being young, it was like he partied all the time," Rodman said.

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"We tried to live with him, but he's having parties 24/7, he's bringing random bitches in... I still believe my dad hasn't loved anyone after my mum. I genuinely believe that. I think he doesn't know how to.

Dennis Rodman playing for the Bulls in 1996. NBAE via Getty Images

"I think they both felt the same way about each other, but it's just, his demons were just too strong for it. I think my mum just saw the situation of, 'We love each other, it's not going to work and for my kids, I can't have them seeing you treat me this way, embarrass me this way and have the party scene all the time. You have little babies.'"

Rodman said her father eventually cut the family off financially, forcing them to live at one point from their car, later a motel and eventually sharing a room with her mother as a teenager.

"I think with how successful he was and how rich he was, he was surrounded by a lot of toxic people who would take his money and take advantage of him and 'cause he was in alcohol, he was kind of brainwashed in all that, didn't really have control over anything," she said.

"We tried to be that foundation and to be the good people around him because in reality, we never really asked for anything unless we really needed it. Me and my mum and my brother, it was like, 'We just want you,' and I think for him, he's never understood the fact because he's never experienced it.

"He's had messed-up family issues as well. He's never understood that people could just want to be around him and to just want to make him happy. He's always thinking, 'Money, money, money, money.'"

Shelton's clash against Sinner begins at 11:10pm AEST Wednesday night.

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