At an emotional press conference, which he had to interrupt for moments of tears, the finalist Coco Gauff18, supported the tribute to the winner Roland Garrosthe polish Iga Swiateklent to Ukrainians and asserted that select athletes could influence politicians.
“I’m in favor of using sport as a loudspeaker for reasons (…) I don’t know how many millions saw this final, but many; and then there were retweets (…) There were people who believed that messages like Iga’s are not.
Gauff publicly declared himself in favor of the rights of blacks in the United States and supported measures to disarm civilians in his country.
In his clear defeat against the Polish (6-1 and 6-3, within an hour and 8 minutes), the American said he was “not too nervous” at the start of the final -the first he played in his career- , when he dropped 0-4.
“Iga was so good, he didn’t give me a chance, I’m happy I gave it my all,” she said.
Eyes reddened from crying, the player revealed that his tears were largely due to the presence of his family. “I saw my little brother crying, and I told him it was just a game, my physio … we all cried,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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