Iga Swiatek Gives Coco Gauff Frosty Handshake After Loss

On a scale of 1-10, this half-hearted handshake lands evenly at a 5. It was not disrespectful, and there was no ill will or trash talk. However, it was pretty unenthusiastic, closer to a Qinwen Zheng-caliber handshake.

As noted on Tennis Reddit, Swiatek now has a 3-8 record against top-five players since her 2024 French Open title. Four of the losses have been straight-set defeats at the hands of Gauff. So, Swiatek's frustration has to be with her struggles against the American star. Yet, she still has an 11-5 record against Gauff in head-to-head matches.

"I didn't the let the opportunities that I had on the first two times I had match points get away from me," said Gauff in her on-court interview. "She played well. Maybe there was one error on the backhand, but after that, she played the better tennis, but I knew that how I was playing the whole match, I would get it done."

Currently, Swiatek is the WTA World No. 2 and Gauff is the World No. 4. Earlier this week, American Amanda Anisimova jumped over Gauff in the WTA Rankings to take a slight lead as World No. 3.

With the 2026 Australian Open quickly approaching, there is a good chance we see Swiatek and Gauff meet later in the first Grand Slam of the year.