Viral visuals from the Australian Open showed American tennis star Coco Gauff reacting to the suspension of TikTok services in USA. She approached a cameraperson shooting the sports match and inked something on the lenses. Gauff wrote "RIP TikTok USA" on the TV camera lens. Her action suggested her mourning the removal of TikTok from the country in account of a federal ban.

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The video of her writing "RIP TikTok USA" on the camera lens has gone viral across internet platforms. It recorded her holding a blue marker pen in her hand and writing these words on the lens when the camera was recording her live in a closeup. The camera was on when she took a pen to scribble over it. She wrote "RIP" and made a heartbroken sign on the lens.