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 closing, the 2 tennis stars provided proof that each one is properly 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 feedback 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 had been “unprofessional”, however not earlier than she confronted some main backlash from followers and pundits, particularly in the US.
“TikTok dances at all times had a approach 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 unit.
Gauff, a frequent TikTok consumer, 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 comfortable’
Now, with Wimbledon about to begin, Gauff is hoping everybody else may also neglect what the top-ranked Sabalenka mentioned.
“I’m not the person who will gasoline hate on the planet,” mentioned Gauff, who opens her Wimbledon marketing campaign in opposition to Dayana Yastremska on Tuesday. “I feel individuals had been taking it too far … It was simply actually focusing on and saying a number of issues that I felt weren’t good. I didn’t need to gasoline that extra.”
Sabalenka, who faces Carson Branstine on courtroom primary on Monday, mentioned she hopes the TikTok video reveals that each one is properly between the 2.
“We’re good, we’re pals,” the three-time main winner mentioned. “I hope the US media might 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 bought 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 “gained 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, stay fortunately, Hakuna Matata [“no worries” in Swahili], and be comfortable right here.”
Different gamers had been additionally happy to see the highest two ladies’s gamers getting alongside once more.
“I’m comfortable 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 most important factor, as a result of they’re one of the best gamers on the planet. So these relationships you form of want.”
Then the American added with amusing, “But additionally it wouldn’t be too unhealthy in the event that they had been additionally back-and-forth. That’d form of be cool in the event that they form 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 possibility to avenge the loss by beating Gauff within the Wimbledon closing, she sounded uncertain.
“I don’t know, on this case, possibly I don’t need to see Coco if I make it to the finals. But when she’s going to be there, I’m comfortable as a result of I need to get the revenge!”
A jovial Sabalenka was joined for the final minute of her media tackle 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 one of the best. To begin with, I used to be capable of hit with him. Then you may chat with him. He’ll give his trustworthy recommendation,” she mentioned. “It’s superb to listen to the opinion of such a legend. We had been simply chatting about stuff that I’m struggling a bit of bit [with]. I’m actually grateful for the recommendation he gave me.”
