US Open champ Coco Gauff hopes for ceasefire in Gaza and for Israeli hostages to be returned home

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Coco Gauff, who was named to TIME magazine's 2024 Women of the Year list, is hoping for peace in Gaza and that Israeli hostages taken by Hamas are released, but the young tennis star fears the worst as the conflict continues. 

Speaking to the magazine in an article published Wednesday, the 2023 U.S. Open champion addressed the ongoing war which began on Oct. 7 when Hamas militants attacked Israel’s southern border, killing more than 1,200 people, with some 250 others taken hostage.

Coco Gauff of the United States in action against Nadia Podoroska of Argentina in the second round on Day 7 of the Miami Open Presented by Itau at Hard Rock Stadium on March 22, 2024 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Robert Prange/Getty Images)

"I don’t really support the mass violence going on to innocent people on both ends of the spectrum," Gauff said. "And there’s one side that’s getting killed at more drastically faster rates than the other side." 

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The magazine said that Gauff "wants Hamas to release all Israeli hostages and wants to see a ceasefire, but she fears that neither side is hearing the other." 

"I feel like it’s becoming more, if you don’t support what’s happening in Gaza, it makes you feel like you’re antisemitic," Gauff added. "I feel far from that."

Coco Gauff of the United States is seen between points against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus during their Women's Singles Final match on Day Thirteen of the 2023 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 09, 2023 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Coco Gauff)

Days after the Oct. 7