Web Drags Aryna Sabalenka for Shady Coco Gauff Remarks

Whereas tennis star Coco Gauff walked away as the large winner on the 2025 French Open over the weekend, it is her opponent Aryna Sabalenka that is making headlines. And consider us once we inform you, it isn’t for one thing good.

In case you’ve got been residing below a rock for the final 72 hours, Gauff walked away with the silver trophy after a aggressive match towards the aforementioned Belarusian participant. By doing so, she grew to become the primary American to win the French Open since Serena Williams in 2015. And whereas her win understandably took over social media timelines within the instant aftermath, issues took a flip after her opponent did a post-game interview and made what many took to be tremendous shady remarks in the direction of Gauff.

When requested by reporters about her loss and the sport general, Sabalenka attributed her dropping to the circumstances not being the very best and her not taking part in her greatest game–and to not Gauff simply being a greater participant.

‘I feel she gained the match not as a result of she performed unbelievable. Simply because I made all of these errors. I feel it was extra windy. Additionally I feel I used to be over emotional. At this time I did not deal with myself fairly effectively mentally,” Sabalenka stated. “Mainly that is it. I used to be simply making unforced errors. I do not know. I’ve to examine the statistics. I feel she gained the match not as a result of she performed unbelievable. Simply because I made all of these errors, for those who look from the surface, from type of simple balls.”

Naturally, as soon as her feedback reached social media, people on-line had been fast to pull the tennis participant over her un-sportsman-like phrases.

“Aryna Sabalenka actually confirmed her ass after that remaining. I feel she was so upset at dropping the primary time to Coco she vowed to obliterate her the subsequent time they met and that wasn’t the case. OMG. I gave her grace on the submit match presentation however the press convention??!!” wrote on person on X/Twitter.

“I suppose it’s a a technique road. Coco is so gracious to Aryna each in victory and in defeat. Aryna then again, not solely ungracious however downright disrespectful. Okay the on-court feedback we’ll let slide however the press convention? Lengthy might Coco proceed to beat you in GS finals!” stated one other.

Added one different person, talking comically in regards to the climate “circumstances” the gamers had been up towards: “They acted like coco wasn’t taking part in in the identical wind that Aryna was.”

Sabalenka has since despatched out an announcement on her official Instagram, strolling again her feedback about Gauff, saying partially: “I revamped 70 unforced errors, so I am unable to fake it was an incredible day for me. However each issues will be true… I did not play my greatest, and Coco stepped up and performed with poise and objective. She earned that title. Respect.”

However, based on one different person, her candy phrases are coming just a little too late.

“Aryna Sabalenka can preserve this. Her feedback after the sport advised me that she thinks Coco Gauff is beneath her, which is why she deliberately went out of her technique to discredit her,” the person stated.

Gauff has additionally responded to Sabalenka’s feedback, saying partially that her feedback had been unfair and that she was the favourite to win however in the end: she’s the one with the trophy.

“The best way Aryna was taking part in the previous couple of weeks, she was the favourite to win. So I feel she was the very best individual that I might have performed within the remaining. Her being primary on the earth was the very best particular person to play, so I feel I acquired the toughest matchup simply for those who go off stats alone,” she stated per The Impartial.

She later added: “I feel no matter who I performed, I had a great shot to win and I positively had that perception.”