She had a caricature made showing her irons on fire in the style of the nineties cartoon series The Wild Thornberrys/ Thornberrys on the road. But their efforts were obviously not met with enthusiasm by the players themselves.
“It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen,” Gauff wrote on social media. “The cartoonist decided we were going to look terrible. That style is good for a cartoon, but not as a support post,” she complained.
Her compatriot, fifth seed Jessica Pegula, expressed herself similarly. “We’re so ugly,” she sighed.
The Gauffs were asked about the caricature by journalists even after their victory over Schmiedl. But the 19-year-old star visibly took the whole thing in stride. Immediately after the question, she began to laugh, denying that she felt offended and that she did not take the criticism seriously.
“No, I was definitely not crazy. It’s just that we looked terrible there. We started texting each other and laughing at each other. Most to Sebby (Kord). I think he looks the worst there,” laughed Gauff.
2024-01-16 00:00:00
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