Simply in case anybody may need questioned whether or not there was any lingering animosity between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka after their French Open final, the 2 tennis stars supplied proof that every one is nicely by dancing collectively at Wimbledon and posting movies on social media.
A day after dancing collectively on the Centre Courtroom, the 2 tennis gamers confronted extra questions on Saturday concerning the aftermath of Sabalenka’s comments proper after the ultimate, when she mentioned her loss had extra to do along with her personal errors than Gauff’s efficiency.
The Belarusian later mentioned her feedback have been “unprofessional”, however not earlier than she confronted some main backlash from followers and pundits, particularly in america.
“TikTok dances all the time had a method of bringing individuals collectively,” Sabalenka wrote on her Instagram feed beneath a clip of the duo displaying off their strikes on the Centre Courtroom grass to the strains of the 1990 hit Gonna Make You Sweat (All people Dance Now) by C+C Music Manufacturing facility.
Gauff, a frequent TikTok person, put up a video of the pair standing collectively and mouthing alongside to a observe with the phrases: “OK, guys, we’re again. Did you miss us? ’Trigger we missed you.”
“The olive department was prolonged and accepted! we’re good so that you guys ought to be too,” she wrote.
Fairly iconic 😎#Wimbledon | @SabalenkaA | @CocoGauff pic.twitter.com/biHPvsSaBR
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 27, 2025
‘Hakuna Matata and be joyful’
Now, with Wimbledon about to begin, Gauff is hoping everybody else may also overlook what the top-ranked Sabalenka mentioned.
“I’m not the person who will gasoline hate on the earth,” mentioned Gauff, who opens her Wimbledon marketing campaign in opposition to Dayana Yastremska on Tuesday. “I feel individuals have been taking it too far … It was simply actually concentrating on and saying numerous issues that I felt weren’t good. I didn’t wish to gasoline that extra.”
Sabalenka, who faces Carson Branstine on court docket primary on Monday, mentioned she hopes the TikTok video exhibits that every one is nicely between the 2.
“We’re good, we’re buddies,” the three-time main winner mentioned. “I hope the US media may be simple on me proper now.”
Sabalenka reiterated that she by no means meant to offend Gauff.
“I used to be simply fully upset with myself, and feelings acquired over me,” she mentioned. “I simply fully misplaced it.”
Gauff did acknowledge that she was initially tempted to hit again publicly at Sabalenka, who mentioned the American “received the match not as a result of she performed unbelievable, simply because I made all of these errors from … simple balls.”
Gauff additionally mentioned she was barely shocked that it took some time for Sabalenka to achieve out to apologise. However as soon as that occurred, the American was fast to bury any grudge.
“I preach love, I preach gentle,” Gauff mentioned. “I simply need us to be Kumbaya, dwell fortunately, Hakuna Matata [“no worries” in Swahili], and be joyful right here.”
Different gamers have been additionally happy to see the highest two girls’s gamers getting alongside once more.
“I’m joyful to see that they turned the web page about it,” mentioned Frances Tiafoe, who’s seeded twelfth within the Wimbledon males’s bracket. “That’s the largest factor, as a result of they’re the very best gamers on the earth. So these relationships you type of want.”
Then the American added with fun, “But additionally it wouldn’t be too dangerous in the event that they have been additionally back-and-forth. That’d type of be cool in the event that they type of didn’t like one another.”
Gauff vs Sabalenka head-to-head
Three-time Grand Slam champion’s loss to Gauff in Paris adopted her loss to the American within the US Open closing in 2023, and she or he trails their head-to-head 6-5.
Requested whether or not she would relish the prospect to avenge the loss by beating Gauff within the Wimbledon closing, she sounded not sure.
“I don’t know, on this case, perhaps I don’t wish to see Coco if I make it to the finals. But when she’s going to be there, I’m joyful as a result of I wish to get the revenge!”
A jovial Sabalenka was joined for the final minute of her media deal with by seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic, with whom she mentioned she had an extended chat this week after hitting with the Serb on the grass.
“Novak is the very best. To start with, I used to be in a position to hit with him. Then you’ll be able to chat with him. He’ll give his trustworthy recommendation,” she mentioned. “It’s superb to listen to the opinion of such a legend. We have been simply chatting about stuff that I’m struggling a bit of bit [with]. I’m actually grateful for the recommendation he gave me.”
