{"id":31652,"date":"2025-06-17T16:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=31652"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:20:16","slug":"aryna-sabalenka-pens-apology-to-coco-gauff-after-french-open-slight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=31652","title":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka pens apology to Coco Gauff after French Open slight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 17 (UPI) &#8212; Top-ranked tennis star Aryna Sabalenka said she regrets slighting Coco Gauff after losing to her in the 2025 French Open final and wrote an apology letter to the American to address the issue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31653 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aryna-Sabalenka-pens-apology-to-Coco-Gauff-after-French-Open-slight-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aryna-Sabalenka-pens-apology-to-Coco-Gauff-after-French-Open-slight-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aryna-Sabalenka-pens-apology-to-Coco-Gauff-after-French-Open-slight.webp 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka spoke about the matter during an interview published Tuesday by Eurosport. The Belarusian led Gauff early on, but emotionally unraveled in the June 7 loss in Paris. She went on to complain about the wind and playing condition<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31655 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44.jpeg 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka &#8212; who totaled 70 unforced errors &#8212; told reporters that she didn&#8217;t think Gauff won the match &#8220;because she played incredible,&#8221; but because she made &#8220;all those mistakes.&#8221; She also said she thought that Iga Swiatek, who she beat in the semifinals, would have beaten Gauf<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31654 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-43-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-43-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-43.jpeg 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was completely unprofessional of me,&#8221; Sabalenka told Eurosport. &#8220;I let my emotions get the better of me. I absolutely regret what I said at the time. You know, we all make mistakes. I&#8217;m just a human being who is still learning in lifes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 17 (UPI) &#8212; Top-ranked tennis star Aryna Sabalenka said she regrets slighting Coco Gauff after losing to her in the 2025 French Open final and wrote an apology letter to the American to address the issue. Sabalenka spoke about the matter during an interview published Tuesday by Eurosport. The Belarusian led Gauff early on, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44.jpeg",739,415,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44-300x168.jpeg",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44.jpeg",739,415,false],"large":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44.jpeg",739,415,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44.jpeg",739,415,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44.jpeg",739,415,false],"jnews-360x180":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44-360x180.jpeg",360,180,true],"jnews-750x375":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44-739x375.jpeg",739,375,true],"jnews-1140x570":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44.jpeg",739,415,false],"jnews-120x86":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44-120x86.jpeg",120,86,true],"jnews-350x250":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44-350x250.jpeg",350,250,true],"jnews-750x536":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44.jpeg",739,415,false],"jnews-1140x815":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44.jpeg",739,415,false],"jnews-360x504":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44-360x415.jpeg",360,415,true],"jnews-75x75":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44-75x75.jpeg",75,75,true],"jnews-350x350":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44-350x350.jpeg",350,350,true],"jnews-featured-750":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44.jpeg",739,415,false],"jnews-featured-1140":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44.jpeg",739,415,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Newssoccer","author_link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Blog<\/a>","tag_info":"Blog","comment_count":"0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-44.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31656,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31652\/revisions\/31656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}