Bencic<\/a> appeared to be annoyed by the Beijing crowd cheering for Gauff<\/a> after she won a point, which she claimed continued when she was waiting to serve.<\/p>\n The situation continued when Bencic found herself a set and a break up, where she told Gauff \u2018no-one\u2019s talking to you\u2019 and also made reference to her team.<\/p>\n Gauff was able to fight back to beat Bencic, and she has now given her verdict on the situation after having time to reflect.<\/p>\n Gauff beat Bencic, 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2, with the pair shaking hands after the match, but there were no signs of any warmth between the two.<\/p>\n With this fallout catching the attention of both spectators and journalists, Gauff was unsurprisingly asked about it in her post-match press conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n In her response, Gauff revealed that Bencic allegedly told her team to \u2018shut up\u2019, which she did not like.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I mean, I knew she said something to my team, but I didn\u2019t know exactly what,\u201d said Gauff. \u201cThey told me she said, Shut up. I didn\u2019t hear it, so I can only go based off of what they said.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, I guess she was upset about them cheering. For me, the stadium is silent, so you hear both teams. I played previous rounds, both my matches I could hear the other teams pretty loud and clear, because it is silent.<\/p>\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t bother me. I was telling her to be respectful. I\u2019ve been nice with her team off court. We\u2019ve been nice with each other. I just didn\u2019t like that comment towards my team. Yeah, that was it. I mean, we moved on after that. I haven\u2019t spoken to her since. She\u2019s entitled to how she felt and I\u2019m entitled to how I respond.\u201d<\/p>\n After the initial incident took place, Gauff actually lost her serve by hitting three double faults.<\/p>\n However, Gauff was able to break straight back and win the second set, with the two-time Grand Slam champion explaining how she was able to use her annoyance to fuel her.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I mean, immediately after that, next game I was frustrated, threw three doubles,\u201d said Gauff. \u201cBut after that I was just like, Okay, I don\u2019t want to lose anymore after this point.<\/p>\n \u201cI was able to just buckle down. I think it was almost good for me in a way. I think I can play sometimes a little bit better when I\u2019m annoyed, more so not with myself but with something else.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know, I think it did help me. But I\u2019m not a confrontational person. I don\u2019t like having confrontation on the court. I definitely don\u2019t like that. I mean, it happens. It\u2019s sport. Yeah, I\u2019m happy that today went my way.\u201d<\/p>\n Coco Gauff suggests the only other time she has been involved in drama with another player<\/p>\n One of the reasons that this incident is being talked about so much is because Gauff is not often embroiled in such situations.<\/p>\n Gauff was asked about how she handles these situations, and pointed to only really having one incident like this before.<\/p>\n The world number three did not name the player she had drama with, but revealed that the incident took place at the US Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n This hint suggests that Gauff was referring to her first round match at the 2023 US Open against Laura Siegemund<\/a>, when she was annoyed by how long her German opponent was taking and making her wait to serve.<\/p>\n Gauff also went back to her argument with Bencic, and appeared to try and squash any sort of conflict between the pair.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I mean, I\u2019ve only had I think, like, two problems on tour,\u201d added Gauff. \u201cOne was at US Open. That one was pretty famous with the player. Then today, this one.<\/p>\n \u201cBut yeah, I mean, how do I handle it? I\u2019m not usually someone that will start it, but I\u2019m very quick to respond. I don\u2019t like people disrespecting other people. I felt like telling my team to shut up was not something nice. Especially they were cheering after I hit a winner. So yeah but\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, I don\u2019t know, I was just like, Okay, now I have to win the match, especially now after having that issue. I think for me it was more so a bit pettiness, just trying to win the match. The worst is if you have the confrontation and then you lose. It\u2019s like a lose\/lose. I just wanted to win to be on the winning side of things today.<\/p>\n \u201cI 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 Gauff has now qualified for the WTA Finals<\/a> and will look to move on from this situation, as she looks to prepare to reach her third consecutive semifinal at the China Open.<\/p>\n Standing in the way of Gauff reaching the semifinals once again is Eva Lys, the world number 66 who has already beaten Elena Rybakina<\/a>, McCartney Kessler and Guadalajara champion Iva Jovic<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff has won her ninth consecutive match at the China Open, but that is not the big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[30546,70283,7510,101,118,56,54,55,6546],"class_list":{"0":"post-177443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-belinda-bencic","9":"tag-china-open","10":"tag-coco-gauff","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom","16":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Coco](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2237827017-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Fred Lee\/Getty ImagesCoco Gauff reveals what Belinda Bencic told her team as she gives first reaction to drama<\/p>\n