{"id":180946,"date":"2025-09-30T21:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/180946\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T21:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:32:07","slug":"tennis-stars-coco-gauff-and-belinda-bencic-have-feisty-on-court-interaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/180946\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Stars Coco Gauff and Belinda Bencic Have Feisty On-Court Interaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

American women\u2019s tennis star Coco Gauff<\/a> advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open in Beijing on Monday, September 29, but not before a tense mid-match clash with Swiss opponent Belinda Bencic over accusations of \u201cmind games.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incident went down in the second set, with Bencic leading 6-4, 2-3 and serving at break point.<\/p>\n

After Bencic dropped the previous point with a poor drop shot that Gauff, 21, chased down for a winner, the Swiss star snapped at Gauff\u2019s player\u2019s box, telling them to \u201cshut up\u201d and claiming they had celebrated before her serve.<\/p>\n

\u201cI treat your team with respect, you treat my team with respect,\u201d Gauff shot back during the exchange, adding that her camp had not cheered before Bencic\u2019s serve.<\/p>\n

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\n Related: Coco Gauff Felt \u2018Mentally Overwhelmed\u2019 Before Early Wimbledon Exit<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tNo. 2-ranked Coco Gauff was noticeably off her game in her shocking first-round loss at Wimbledon on Tuesday, July 1, to unseeded Dayana Yastremska. Gauff, 21, lost 7-6 (3), 6-1, and finished with 29 unforced errors and nine double-faults. After the match, she opened up about what went wrong, saying her French Open win last [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

\u201cThey told me she said, \u2018Shut up,’\u201d Gauff said in her post-match press conference. \u201cI didn\u2019t hear it, so I can only go based off of what they said. For me, I was telling her to be respectful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bencic attempted to explain the heated interaction during her post-match comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the point is over, it\u2019s no problem, I don\u2019t care,\u201d Bencic, 27, said. \u201cBut when I\u2019m going to the line ready to serve, they don\u2019t need to cheer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bencic managed to hold for 3-3, then broke Gauff in the following game as the American double-faulted three times in frustration.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmediately after that, next game I was frustrated, threw three doubles,\u201d Gauff admitted. \u201cBut after that I was just like, \u2018OK, I don\u2019t want to lose anymore after this point.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The tension escalated again when Bencic brought her complaints to the chair umpire<\/a> during the next changeover, with Gauff arguing back.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one\u2019s talking to you, she\u2019s talking to me, OK?,\u201d Bencic retorted. \u201c Your team is chanting! I\u2019m too old for these mind games!\u201d<\/p>\n

From there, the momentum shifted. Gauff broke serve in the next game, forced a second-set tiebreak, and held on before running away with the third set to complete a 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 victory.<\/p>\n

Despite the heated words, the players shook hands at the net and Gauff made a point to downplay the confrontation afterward.<\/p>\n

Gauff explained that the fiery moment actually worked in her favor as the match progressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was able to just buckle down,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it was almost good for me in a way \u201cI think I can play sometimes a little bit better when I\u2019m annoyed, more so not with myself but with something else.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Related: Emotional Coco Gauff Credits Simone Biles\u2019 Support for Win at US Open<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tCoco Gauff\u2019s second-round US Open win on Thursday, August 28, over Croatian pro Donna Vekic did not come easily. Fortunately, for her, she was able to look to the stands for some inspiration. That\u2019s where she noticed Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. \u201cShe helped me pull it out,\u201d Gauff, 21, told the media after the match. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

Gauff added, \u201cShe\u2019s entitled to how she felt and I\u2019m entitled to how I respond. I obviously have a lot of respect for Belinda. She\u2019s a great player, coming back and playing great tennis as a mom. Yeah, I obviously wish today didn\u2019t happen, but it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The American also noted that the mostly empty Beijing stadium amplified the noise from both benches.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith no real crowd noise, it probably made the situation seem bigger than it was,\u201d Gauff said.<\/p>\n

The win not only sent Gauff into the quarterfinals on Thursday, October 2, where she will face Germany\u2019s Eva Lys, but also secured her place in the season-ending WTA Finals in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American women\u2019s tennis star Coco Gauff advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open in Beijing on Monday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,1581,116258,134,85,747],"class_list":["post-180946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-scandals","tag-entertainment","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}