‘RIP TikTok USA’: Gauff Writes Message At Australian Open As Ban Pulls Plug On Services In States

Coco Gauff’s three-set victory in the Australian Open’s main stadium on Sunday afternoon in Melbourne came just an꧂ hour after TikTok was removed from prominent app stores in the United States on Saturday ඣ

Outlook Sports Desk

Updated on: 19 January 2025 11:00 am

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

Coc⛦o Gauff of the U.S. celebrates after defeating Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in a fourth round match at the Australia🍎n Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake

Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates after defeating Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in a four🎐ꦏth round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake

Coco Gauff proved that TikTok was on her mind even while on court at the Australian Open. After securing her place in the quarterfinals, the tennis star wrote "RIP TikTok USA" and drew a broken heart on a TV camera lens, reflecting the app’s suspension in the United States due to a federal ban. (More Tennis News)

Gauff’s three-set victory in the Australian Open’s main stadium on Sunday afternoon in Melbourne 🐲came just an hou🦩r after TikTok was removed from prominent app stores in the United States on Saturday.

Gauff, a frequent TikTok 𝕴user known for participating in viral trends, showed her thoughts on the matter by writing "RIP TikTok USA" on a TV camera lens after her win. She has ar♔ound 755,000 followers on TikTok.

This action followed the scheduled enforcement of a U.S. federal law set to ban the popular social media platfo🌞rm.

Under the new law, Apple and Google app stores are prohibited from offering TikTok unless its China-based parent company, ByteDance, sel💎ls the platform or faces a 🌠US ban.

When users opened TikToꦯk on Saturday evening, they were greeted by a pop-up message preventing them from scrolling through videos.