Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka made peace with a TikTok dance
There was a bit of drama at the French Open earlier this month as world No. 1 player Aryna Sabalenka made some controversial comments following her loss to eventual champion Coco Gauff in the final match.
Gauff won a three-set thriller, coming from behind after dropping the opening set to Sabalenka. Following Gauff’s victory, Sabalenka told the media that she didn’t win because she “played incredible,” but instead won thanks to the mistakes Sabalenka made.
Her remarks drew quite a bit of criticism from the tennis community, and she issued an apology to Gauff in which she said her actions were “completely unprofessional.” Gauff later accepted the apology, saying that she was giving Sabalenka “the benefit of the doubt” after an emotional match.
Now, the two have seemingly squashed the beef completely, and they sealed their truce in the same way all truces are sealed: with a TikTok dance.
Sabalenka posted an Instagram video of the two dancing on the court at Wimbledon, captioned, “TikTok dances always had a way of bringing people together.”
Gauff confirmed the peace accords with a post of her own on TikTok in which she stated, “The olive branch was extended and accepted! We’re good so you guys should be too.”
Hopefully, the bad blood between the two highest-ranked women’s tennis players in the world is now in the past as the two get set for Wimbledon, which begins Monday and could potentially set up a French Open final rematch between the pair.
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