{"id":12980,"date":"2025-06-28T15:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T19:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/gauff-asks-for-calm-after-criticism-of-sabalenka-i-will-not-feed-the-hate\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T15:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T19:04:09","slug":"gauff-asks-for-calm-after-criticism-of-sabalenka-i-will-not-feed-the-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/tennis\/gauff-asks-for-calm-after-criticism-of-sabalenka-i-will-not-feed-the-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"Gauff Asks for Calm After Criticism of Sabalenka: &#8220;I Will Not Feed the Hate&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"WIMBLEDON, England \u2013 The relationship between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka seems to have quickly re-established itself after this month&#8217;s French Open final.\n\nNow, with Wimbledon about to begin, Gauff hopes that everyone else can also forget what the world number one, Sabalenka, said after her defeat to the American at Roland-Garros.\n\nA day after dancing together on the Wimbledon center court in a TikTok video, the two tennis players faced more questions on Saturday about the consequences of Sabalenka&#8217;s comments right after the final, when she said that her defeat was due more to her own mistakes than to Gauff&#8217;s performance.\n\nThe Belarusian apologized to Gauff and called her comments &#8220;unprofessional&#8221;, but not before facing a negative reaction from fans and experts, especially in the United States.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0628%2Fr1512353_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Un d\u00eda despu\u00e9s de que Coco Gauff y Aryna Sabalenka bailaran en la cancha central de Wimbledon, Gauff dijo que &#8220;no es la persona que alimentar\u00e1 el odio en el mundo&#8221; en respuesta a las preguntas sobre los comentarios de Sabalenka despu\u00e9s de su derrota en el Abierto de Francia ante Gauff. (AP Photo\/Kin Cheung)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nGauff is trying to make sure the criticism ceases.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I am not the person who will fuel hatred in the world.<\/p><cite>Coco Gauff<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nGauff, who begins her Wimbledon campaign against Dayana Yastremska on Tuesday, added: &#8220;I think people were getting carried away&#8230; They were just pointing and saying a lot of things that I felt weren&#8217;t nice. I didn&#8217;t want to fuel that anymore.&#8221;\n\nSabalenka, who faces Carson Branstine on Court No. 1 on Monday, said she hopes the TikTok video will show that everything is okay between the two.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are fine, we are friends.<\/p><cite>Aryna Sabalenka<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe three-time Grand Slam winner added: &#8220;I hope the American media can be easier on me right now.&#8221;\n\nSabalenka reiterated that she never intended to offend Gauff.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I was completely annoyed with myself and the emotions overwhelmed me. I just completely lost it.<\/p><cite>Aryna Sabalenka<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nGauff acknowledged that she was initially tempted to respond publicly to Sabalenka, who said that the American &#8220;won the match not because she played incredibly; only because I made all those mistakes&#8230; of easy balls&#8221;.\n\nBut after Sabalenka reached out to apologize, she hurried to bury any grudge.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I preach love, I preach light. I just want us to be kumbaya, to live happily, hakuna matata, and to be happy here.<\/p><cite>Coco Gauff<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WIMBLEDON, England \u2013 The relationship between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka seems to have quickly re-established itself after this month&#8217;s French Open final. Now, with Wimbledon about to begin, Gauff hopes that everyone else can also forget what the world number one, Sabalenka, said after her defeat to the American at Roland-Garros. 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