Coco Gauff, who won the Roland-Garros female tournament final, revealed one of the secrets around the competition on clay. The winner was very surprised to discover this detail …
Coco Gauff won his first Roland Garros this June 7 after winning the victory against Aryna Sabalenka. But if the champion had the opportunity to lift the massif trophy of the winners with pride, she could not win with her! Tenniswoman revealed backwards, a little less glamorous …
Coco Gauff, amazed: the truth about the Roland-Garros trophy
“”Here is the trophy you see, the one with which we take photos, the one we show to the press“Explained Coco Gauff in a video posted on her Tiktok account, on which she shows a cliché of her lifting the big trophy. But the tenniswoman revealed that she had not been able to bring him home, in Delray Beach, in Florida. In reality, the winners of the tournament are given a completely different trophy, much smaller!
“”It is a mini replica of the other trophy. He is really small“, She grove from her private jet, showing that the object was barely larger than a small bottle of water.”But these are the memories that really count (…) He’s still really pretty“, assured the American, who leaves all the same with the 2,550,000 euros offered to the winner.
Coco Gauff, tackled by Aryna Sabalenka: “I was surprised by his comments …”
If the young woman of 21 is on a little cloud, her opponent Aryna Sabalenka has kept a bitter taste of her defeat. The 27 -year -old Belarusian, world number 1, has even allocated this score to weather conditions, notably to “wind“.”I think she won the match not because she played in an incredible way, but because I made all these mistakes. It hurts. I beat incredible players this week, including Swiatek … and there, I lose and I play like that. I think if Iga had beat me, she would have won this final“She even said against the press.
Words to which the winner reacted with maturity, in the program Good Morning America : “I was a little surprised by his comments but I will give him the benefit of the doubt. I know that this day was emotional“. Aryna Sabalenka had to compose with a windy weather, but Coco Gauff was faced with the same difficulties:”When I realized that the roof was open, I saw that there was a lot of wind so I understood that the match was going to be complicated“.
Tacked for his comments, Aryna Sabalenka ended up apologizing to the one who was his opponent, in Story Instagram; “”It was a difficult match yesterday. Coco managed the situation much better than me and amply deserves its victory. She was better than me and I want to give her the credit she deserves“.
