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Coco Gauff wasn’t particularly impressed with the USTA’s artwork created for the Australian Open, describing it as “foul” and adding that it made her and fellow Americans on the poster “look ugly.”
On Sunday, the USTA posted a creation inspired by the American cartoon show “The Wild Thornberrys.” After seeing the post, reigning US Open champion Gauff used the word “hideous” to describe the depictions.
“Worst thing I’ve ever seen,” Gauff wrote in a since-deleted Instagram Story.
“Like a caricature artist decided to make (us) all look like hideous looking people. The art style is cool for a cartoon show but not for a hype post. Foul.”
Gauff: It made us look so ugly
Gauff also commented on the depictions on X, stating that the depiction made her “look so ugly.”
“Y’all I know it is a cartoon show but I think I would prefer to be drawn as a Bratz art style and not this. This is makes us all look so ugly,” Gauff wrote on X in a since-deleted post.
On X, some fans posted about the comments Gauff left on Instagram. Reflecting on that, Gauff claimed: “I was joking. a few us were joking about it omg.”
i was joking 😭 a few us were joking about it omg
— Coco Gauff (@CocoGauff)
