Players collaborate online all the time, but should a Grand Slam sell its top two seeds as best friends instead of sporting rivals?

Sabalenka initially attributed Gauff's win to her own mistakes and suggested that Iga Świątek would have defeated her had Świątek advanced to the final.

Gauff and Sabalenka buried the hatchet — with a TikTok dance on Centre Court, naturally — but their rivalry still burns as Wimbledon opens.