Coco Gauff's savage reply to Marta Kostyuk's trolling husband after quarter-final
Coco Gauff will take on Aryna Sabalenka on Thursday night for a chance to be in the final at Melbourne Park after taking care of Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk.
After the tight quarter-final clash, the 19-year-old American star clapped back at the husband of her opponent, Kostyuk, who seemingly tried to troll Gauff from the stands.
Kostyuk's husband, Heorhii, was seen courtside wearing a cap that said "shake your cocos" with an image of a coconut broken in half.
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Marta Kostyuk's husband, Heorhii, wears a hat reading "shake your cocos" during her Australian Open quarterfinal match against Coco Gauff. Eurosport
It appears Gauff took it as a dig at her first name and after her win, Gauff posted an Instagram Story captioned "shakey shake" with a heart and laughing face emojis, accompanied by footage of her taking out match point and celebrating her victory.
No reference to the cap was made in Gauff's press conference, although she did claim she's beaten Kostyuk without needing to play her best.
"It was definitely a C-game," Gauff said. "Didn't play my best tennis but really proud that I was able to get through. Hopefully got the bad match out of the way and I can play even better.
"I knew going in, playing her, it was (going to be) a tough match. She's pretty athletic, and we kind of play similar. Today she was just more offensive, which I wish I was taking the offense from the beginning.
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Gauff seemingly responds to the hat. Instagram
"I was just missing everything on both wings and not serving well. I was just trying to win one extra game. That was really the one thing. I was just, like, let me make it competitive.
"Obviously sometimes when you're down 5-1 you're not expecting to win the set. I believe every point, every game matters, and eventually the score started to get closer."
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