{"id":20198,"date":"2025-06-27T22:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/20198\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T22:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:25:09","slug":"coco-gauff-aryna-sabalenka-dance-together-at-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/20198\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka dance together at Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON (AP) \u2014 Just in case anyone might have wondered whether there was any lingering animosity between Coco Gauff<\/a> and Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> after their French Open final<\/a>, the two tennis stars offered proof that all is well by dancing together at Wimbledon<\/a> on Friday and posting videos on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cTikTok dances always had a way of bringing people together,\u201d Sabalenka wrote on her Instagram feed below a clip of the duo<\/a> showing off their moves on the Centre Court grass to the strains of the 1990 hit \u201cGonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)\u201d by C+C Music Factory.<\/p>\n

Gauff, a frequent TikTok user, put up a video of the pair<\/a> standing outside the main stadium at the All England Club and mouthing along to a track with the words: \u201cOK, guys, we\u2019re back. Did you miss us? \u2019Cause we missed you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gauff wrote: \u201cthe olive branch was extended and accepted! we\u2019re good so you guys should be too.\u201d<\/p>\n

The No. 1-ranked Sabalenka and the No. 2-ranked Gauff held a practice session together at Centre Court ahead of the year\u2019s third Grand Slam tournament<\/a>, which begins on Monday.<\/p>\n

Three weeks ago, Gauff beat Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in the championship match at the last major, the French Open. Afterward, Sabalenka drew criticism from some for saying Gauff \u201cwon the match not because she played incredible; just because I made all of those mistakes from … easy balls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later, Sabalenka called her comments \u201cunprofessional\u201d and said she had written to Gauff to apologize<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sabalenka, a 27-year-old from Belarus, is a three-time Grand Slam champion and was the runner-up both times Gauff, a 21-year-old American, won a major trophy, including at the 2023 U.S. Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At Wimbledon this year, they only could face each other in the July 12 final.<\/p>\n

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Howard Fendrich has been the AP\u2019s tennis writer since 2002. Find his stories here: https:\/\/apnews.com\/author\/howard-fendrich<\/a>. More AP tennis: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/a><\/p>\n