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Coco Gauff Supports 'fairness' in WTA Test, Not 'Animosity'
ESPN ^ | Aug 6, 2026

Posted on 08/06/2026 11:21:18 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Coco Gauff understands the reasoning behind the WTA Tour's newly introduced gene-testing policy. What the two-time Grand Slam champion doesn't favor is how politicized the discussion becomes in generating what Gauff called "animosity towards the trans community."

To her, the topic requires a more nuanced conversation, which is why Gauff provided what she called a nuanced answer, in speaking to reporters at the Canadian Open in Toronto following her opening-match win over Kayla Day on Wednesday.

"So, yes, I guess I kind of agree with trying to protect the fairness in women's sports. But I also do not like the attack that it is creating," Gauff said. "People who don't really care but just want to use this as a reason to attack the trans community -- so I'm not really a big fan of that either." Her comments come in response to the Women's Tennis Association last month introducing one-off mandatory gene testing for all players as a requirement to compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: cocogauff; trans; wta

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1 posted on 08/06/2026 11:21:18 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

So she’s “Spiritual without being religious” IOW a moron.


2 posted on 08/06/2026 11:35:15 AM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: nickcarraway

nuanced ... female brain rot ... it is everywhere ...


3 posted on 08/06/2026 11:44:33 AM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: nickcarraway

I agree with her philosophy here. One can make common sense statements about controversial topics without rubbing it in, being antagonistic, or otherwise adding to the fire. Believe it or not, it is possible for a mature person or non-ideologue to do this.


4 posted on 08/06/2026 11:58:32 AM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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But were they actually doing that? I thought Sophie Cunningham was very kind.

t goes both ways. It seems like the trans side is more hateful.

5 posted on 08/06/2026 12:02:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Fai Mao

I call her coco pop.


6 posted on 08/06/2026 12:03:30 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: nickcarraway

trans community

A collection of mentally ill people who are being abused and used to promote evil.

You mean that “community” ?


7 posted on 08/06/2026 12:12:49 PM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: nickcarraway
It goes both ways. It seems like the trans side is more hateful.

Yes, my FRiend, it does go both ways. And both sides can be just as stupid and hateful. It surely doesn't help anyone or anything either way, except as a personal emotional outlet and rage enhancer, I guess.

8 posted on 08/06/2026 12:18:38 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: nickcarraway

IMO-—THE “TRANS COMMUNITY” BROUGHT THE ANIMOSITY ONTO THEMSELVES


9 posted on 08/06/2026 12:43:56 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: nickcarraway

A requirement that a person PROVE that the person is a BIOLOGICAL FEMALE (at the cellular DNA level) before being allowed to participate in the league is certainly NOT ANIMOSITY.


10 posted on 08/06/2026 1:29:46 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAXq)
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To: nickcarraway

An idiot statement. Trans community? Try self mutilation perversionists.


11 posted on 08/06/2026 2:56:01 PM PDT by Mlheureux
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“I guess I kind of agree with trying to protect the fairness in women’s sports.”

I guess...kind of...

What a weak-tea scaredy cat.


12 posted on 08/06/2026 7:23:02 PM PDT by simpson96
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