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Where is the backhanded diss to Sabalenka? Is she mimicking/mocking something Sabalenka said?

The entire post is a subtle clap back to Sabalenka's post match comments. It doesn't mention her at all. Iga just congratulates Cori thus letting her know that she wasn't thinking the way Sabalenka seemed to be implying she was.

It can't just be Iga congratulating Cori legitmately?

Yes it can be.

ETA: I thought about this again.
Let's look at what Sabalenka did. If she had stopped when she said she played poorly there would be no controversy about her remarks. Instead she went on to imply that she would rather have lost to Iga than to lose to Cori the implication being that Iga played poorly and should have beaten her. Amazing stuff.

Now if you're Iga, someone who famously hates losing and someone says that "you should've beaten me" what would you do? Would you say nothing and let the implication that you were the lesser player go unanswered or would you do what Iga did and complement the woman who won the tournament saying "I see what you did there and I'm not having it?" to Sabalenka.

[ti-amie]

The entire post is a subtle clap back to Sabalenka's post match comments. It doesn't mention her at all. Iga just congratulates Cori thus letting her know that she wasn't thinking the way Sabalenka seemed to be implying she was.

It can't just be Iga congratulating Cori legitmately?

Yes it can be.

ETA: I thought about this again.
Let's look at what Sabalenka did. If she had stopped when she said she played poorly there would be no controversy about her remarks. Instead she went on to imply that she would rather have lost to Iga than to lose to Cori the implication being that Iga played poorly and should have beaten her. Amazing stuff.

Now if you're Iga, someone who famously hates losing and someone says that "you should've beaten me" what would you do? Would you say nothing and let the implication that you were the lesser player go unanswered or would you do what Iga did and complement the woman who won the tournament saying "I see what you did there and I'm not having it?" to Sabalenka.

Ummm... not sure what happened here... looks like someone accidentally editted my post? Is that even possible?

All I said was "It can't just be Iga congratulating Cori legitimately?" Can even see my line isn't quoted to anyone any more Rest of that post was someone else's words.

I mean I see how it's possible it could be throwing shade, but I just think it could just be a legitimate congrats and we're thinking harder about it than Iga did.

I fixed it (I think). I'm so sorry.

[ptmcmahon]

Ha ha, all good. I was more confused than anything!

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Full translation from the comments:

This was from today's interview in Halle with Sky Sports Italy.

- Full Translation -
Jannik: The week after Paris was calm. Very calm. I went to my parents', we had a barbecue, I met with my friends, we played ping pong... normal things, no? Exactly what I needed after a stressful tournament, and I always like to hang out and relax with the people who know me. I'm lucky enough to have people around me who care for me a lot and are honest with me, and that's it. Now we're here in Halle for a new tournament, new challenges... and also new difficulties, because it's a totally different surface. But yeah, all things considered I'm happy.

Interviewer: Going back for a moment to Paris; the day after the match Federer wrote a post on Instagram where he said "there were 3 winners today [Carlos, Jannik and the sport of tennis]." What does it feel like, knowing that for many people there were in some way 3 winners?

Jannik: Well, it's a positive sign for all of tennis I think. I believe that the most important thing is to make this sport grow, and to show that we're the kind of athletes who give it their all. And that's it; I think it was an incredible match, a really high-level match, and it didn't end the way we wanted but it happens. It happened to the very best players in the world, too, to live similar moments. And it always depends on how one is able to react to them and get out of them - and also on what one sees: I can either see the missed match points, or I can see on the other hand a match where I played like never before on that surface, and where I stayed mentally focused for 5 and a half hours and I didn't complain about anything. And so... [this kind of loss] it happens.