Cori Gauff and Jessica Pegula agree introducing trash-talking to tennis would probably make the game more interesting and bring in new fans to the game. On Sunday, the LSU Tigers defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes to win their first NCAA women’s title.
The game featured some drama as the Angel Reese-Caitlin Clark controversy sparked debates regarding the acceptance of trash-talking in sports. After winning the Miami Open doubles title on Sunday, Gauff and Pegula were asked how would they feel if there was more trash-talking in tennis.
“I think it would make the sport interesting. I think this is something that would bring more fans in. Pretty much every other sport has it. In college tennis they trash talk a lot,” Gauff said on the WTA Insider podcast.
Gauff, Pegula agree trash-talking would make tennis more interesting
“I wouldn’t take it personally.
I played other sports growing up, I played basketball and ran track. In those sports we trash talk a lot and I was the only girl on the boys team. I got some dishes and you had to dish some back. And anyone who knows my dad, he would be so pro trash talk.
I think it’s also the culture of tennis. If I did that, Twitter would go insane. But if Caitlin Clark does it, people love it. And there’s nothing wrong with that. It makes the…
