Aryna Sabalenko beat Coco Gauff in the semi-finals of the 2024 Australian Open and the US Open champion was asked at a press conference if she was bothered by the Belarusian’s shouts during points.

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Coco Gauf does not think that Aryna Sabalenko shouts to annoy opponents: “At least she does it all the time”

Gauff, the No. 4 seed in Melbourne, lost after an hour and 43 minutes of play, 7-6(2), 6-4. The American believes that Aryn’s screams are not a tactic of the Belarusian athlete to interfere with her opponent, and stated that she was better in the match at Rod Laver Arena.

“It was a tough match for me today, although the tournament was positive. We had chances in both sets, but this time she played better. I felt like I did my best with the game plan I had and in the end it all came down to a few points, that’s tennis.

She served better than four months ago (final number 2023 US Open), made fewer mistakes, but I was also more aggressive. Although I won the US Open, I feel I played better this time. I wish I played more on the first serve, that was the difference. She had a higher first serve percentage.

I can take a lot of positives from this tournament, I don’t feel like I played bad, there were just some important points that I didn’t win. I try to keep the positive out of the outcome.

A loss is a loss, I had opportunities today but I was in a good position in the first set after coming back from 2-5 down. Of course it hurts, this result hurts as much as losing 1-6, 1-6. I’m disappointed because I felt good on the court, but she was a better player, she played those important points better, I still have a lot to improve.

I’ve played against her so many times now that I can’t sit here and say that her screams are distracting. But I don’t think so, I don’t understand, at least her screams are constant, with some players from the past I realized they only screamed in certain situations.

I don’t think you should shout when your opponent hits the ball, but you know it happens sometimes, although I don’t think it’s a tactic for Aryna, it’s just the way she plays” – Coco Gaufat the press conference.

*Coco is asked about Arya’s screams at 04:00.

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Know:

• Sabalenko will fight for the trophy with the Chinese Qinwen Zheng (15th WTA, 12th seed). Previously, they met at the US Open-2023, and the athlete from Belarus won in the quarters with a score of 6-1, 6-4.

• Aryna Sabalenko reduced the difference in direct matches with Gauff (4-3 in favor of the American). Koko won his most important victory in US Open 2023 Final.

• Arina won the 2023 event in Melbourne after a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 final against Elena Rybakina.

Aryna Sabalenko’s path to the Australian Open-2024 final

Round I: 6-0, 6-1 against Ella Seidel (173 WTA)

II round: 6-3, 6-2 against Brenda Fruchvirtova (107 WTA)

III round: 6-0, 6-0 against Lesia Tsurenko (33 WTA)

Best: 6-3, 6-2 against Amanda Anisimova (442 WTA)

Quarters: 6-2, 6-3 against Barbora Krejcikova (11 WTA)

Semifinals: 7-6(2), 6-4 vs Coco Gauff (4 WTA).