Aryna Sabalenka said she has written to Coco Gauff to apologise for the ‘unprofessional’ comments she made following her loss to the American in the final of the French Open.

‘It was a mistake’

Speaking to Eurosport Germany, World No. 1 Sabalenka said her remarks after the 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 loss to Gauff at Roland-Garros this month were a mistake. In her post-match press conference in Paris, Sabalenka had suggested that the result was more due to her own errors than to Gauff’s performance. “I think she won the match not because she played incredible, just because I made all of those mistakes from, if you look from the outside, easy balls,” Sabalenka had said after losing the French Open final on June 7.