{"id":24217,"date":"2025-06-29T10:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T10:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/24217\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T10:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T10:06:17","slug":"coco-gauff-speaks-out-on-aryna-sabalenka-as-tennis-stars-prepare-to-renew-rivalry-after-french-open-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/24217\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff speaks out on Aryna Sabalenka as tennis stars prepare to renew rivalry after French Open storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ERIC BLUM<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 16:54 EDT, 28 June 2025 | Updated: 16:54 EDT, 28 June 2025 <\/p>\n

Coco Gauff<\/a> has spoken out on her feud with fellow tennis powerhouse Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> after the Belarusians controversial comments following the French Open<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gauff defeated Sabalenka at Roland Garros, with the world’s No 1 saying after the defeat that the loss had more to do with her own mistakes than the American’s solid play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sabalenka faced major criticism in the public and later apologized to Gauff for her remarks, calling them unprofessional.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, on the eve of Wimbledon<\/a>, and a day after the two were spotted filming a TikTok<\/a> together on Centre Court, Gauff has spoken out on everything that went down after her French Open triumph.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gauff did admit to wanting to hit back at Sabalenka, but held off after receiving the apology.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I’m not the person that will fuel hate in the world,’ Gauff said. ‘I think people were taking it too far. … It was just really targeting and saying a lot of things that I felt were not nice. I didn’t want to fuel that more.’<\/p>\n

\"Coco <\/p>\n

Coco Gauff has spoken out on her feud with fellow tennis powerhouse Aryna Sabalenka<\/p>\n

\"Sabalenka <\/p>\n

Sabalenka faced major criticism in the public for her comments after losing at the French Open<\/p>\n

‘I preach love, I preach light. I just want us to be kumbaya, live happily, hakuna matata, and be happy here.’<\/p>\n

Sabalenka also had the chance to set the record straight in front of the press for the first time since leaving France.<\/p>\n

‘We are good, we are friends. I hope the U.S. media can be easy on me right now.’<\/p>\n

‘I was just completely upset with myself, and emotions got over me. I just completely lost it.’<\/p>\n

Sabalenka starts play at Wimbledon on Monday against Carson Branstine, while Gauff goes against Dayana Yastremska in first-round action on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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