After the storm comes the calm. Aryna Sabalenka, the world number one, finished her participation in the last Roland Garros with defeat against Coco Gauff. The Belarusian, very upset with her game, took away the merit of her rival’s victory by ensuring that Iga Swiatek, her victim in the semifinals, would not have failed in the fight for the title. “If Iga had beaten me the other day and had shown up today, she would have won,” she said
Sabalenka and Gauff are both competing this week at the WTA 500 in Berlin and the Minsk-born tennis player has taken the opportunity to clear the air with the French Open champion
“I spoke to her and apologized. She deserved to win that final and I told her I respect her. It was a very unprofessional comment from me and I got carried away by the emotions of the moment. I completely regret it. I’m a human being and we all make mistakes,” said the best tennis player on the planet before her debut on the grass in the German capital
I’m a human being and we all make mistakes
“We all have those days when we lose control. The difference, in my case, is that everyone is paying attention to what I say or do and I get more hate than most,” he continues.
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