"I'm gonna give her the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure it was an emotional day, emotional match," Gauff said of her opponent's comments about Gauff's victory

Gauff won her first Roland Garros title by playing the conditions and the occasion with more evenness than Sabalenka.

French Open champion Coco Gauff is responding to her opponent Aryna Sabalenka's comments after the women's final on Saturday. After the game, Sabalenka told the press in part, "I think she won the match not because she played incredible; just because I made all of those mistakes ... kind of like from easy balls."