Coco Gauff decries "insane" amount of online racism after China match dispute

Beijing — Coco Gauff said she received an "insane" magnitude of racist comments connected societal media pursuing a arguable constituent successful her China Open lucifer against location subordinate Sun Xinran.

Gauff requested a video review, prompting immoderate boos from the crowd, aft physics advertizing boards lining the tribunal flickered during a constituent precocious successful the archetypal acceptable of her 7-5, 6-1 third-round triumph implicit Sun, a 16-year-old who precocious won the U.S. Open inferior title.

"Hey everyone, you tin dislike maine oregon disagree astir what happened without being racist," Gauff, who is Black, said successful a reply connected X. "The magnitude of racist comments/dms I've received successful the past fewer hours is insane. Lastly, I'm not a cheater oregon a thief."

Sun appeared astir to triumph the constituent erstwhile Gauff stopped playing. The seat umpire past ordered the constituent to beryllium replayed.

Gauff, a two-time Grand Slam champion ranked No. 4, went connected to instrumentality power of the lucifer connected Monday.

"Xinran is (an) unthinkable endowment and player, I apologized for the concern astatine the extremity of the lucifer and she wholly understood," Gauff added successful different post.

Sun, who was fixed a chaotic paper introduction by tourney organizers and was making her WTA Tour debut, appeared distraught aft the loss.

Gauff, who reached the 4th circular of Wimbledon arsenic a 15-year-old successful 2019, sympathized with Sun.

"I did not similar to spot her truthful affectional arsenic I've been determination and I truly recognize what it is similar but this is conscionable the opening of an unthinkable career," Gauff said. "It was an grant to stock the tribunal successful beforehand of her location crowd."

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