Overview

• Coco Gauff opens her grass-court season at the Berlin Open with a Round of 16 match against China’s Xinyu Wang on Thursday.
• Gauff says she is deliberately downplaying her recent French Open triumph to maintain focus on her grass swing and upcoming Wimbledon bid.
• Aryna Sabalenka publicly apologized for her post-final comments, calling them unprofessional and expressing respect for Gauff’s victory.
• Despite a strong 71 percent win rate on grass since 2018, Gauff has yet to capture a WTA 500 grass-court title and has twice fallen in the Berlin semifinals.
• Gauff leads her career head-to-head with Wang 1-0, facing an opponent whose 2025 season has been marked by early-round losses and sporadic success.