After Coco Gauff’s amazing comeback win over Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open this year, emotions soared high. For Gauff, it was yet another career milestone in her young journey. She overcame her competitive rival in Sabalenka once again. In what fans would consider just really great matches, we’ve been able to enjoy the rivalry for just that; the matches. For Sabalenka, the agony of defeat couldn’t be missed. In so many words, she mentioned in her post-match conference that Gauff didn’t actually beat her; it was more like she beat herself. The Sabalenka heel turn Those remarks were widely met with negativity from pundits and fans alike. For Black fans especially, we’re very protective of Gauff. Microaggressions like these aren’t anything that we’re strangers to. And we know the type of stock Gauff comes from, her folks aren’t aloof enough to any degree to understand what was happening there. In her defeat, it was Sabalenka that would stoop to such unsportsmanlike levels to...