During the match on June 30, Gauff was trailing her opponent when Vekic hit a shot close to the baseline. The line decide referred to as the shot out, per The Guardian, so Gauff did not hold the ball in play. But then the chair umpire, Jaume Campistol, disagreed and gave Vekic the purpose, main Gauff to pause the sport to argue her aspect. “I by no means argue these calls. But he referred to as it out earlier than I hit the ball,” Gauff instructed Vekic. “It’s not even a notion; it’s the foundations. I all the time need to advocate for myself.”
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“It all the time occurs right here on the French Open to me. Every time,” Gauff mentioned, referring to Roland Garros, the French tennis courtroom the place she was taking part in. “This is just like the fourth, 5 time it’s occurred this 12 months.” Gauff reportedly left the argument in tears, whereas followers within the stands booed the officers who made the decision.
I can not blame Coco Gauff for crying right here, however the excellent news is that she would not be the primary tennis GOAT to lose on the Olympics. Serena Williams, for one, misplaced within the 2016 summer season Olympics, per the New York Times, however no one’s doubting her worldwide supremacy. Gauff remains to be the youngest individual since Williams to win the US Open, in any case. And at simply 20 years previous, there are many Olympic video games to come back in her future.
