Newly crowned French Open champion Coco Gauff was stunned on her return to action Thursday, losing to Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu 6-3, 6-3 at the Berlin Open. The second-ranked Gauff, who won at Roland-Garros less than two weeks ago for her second Grand Slam title,

Gauff won her first Roland Garros title by playing the conditions and the occasion with more evenness than Sabalenka.

More than a week after Aryna Sabalenka drew some criticism for her post-match press conference comments about Cooc Gauff, the Belarusian tennis star says she has issued an apology. Sabalenka lost in three sets in Paris (6-7, 6-2, 6-4), to Guaff last week, and afterward’s seemed to discredit the American’s win.