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Coco Gauff suffered an emotional defeat on Tuesday throughout the tennis singles event on the Olympic Video games in Paris. She misplaced in three units to Donna Vekić from Croatia: 7-6 (7), 6-2.
Gauff was in tears after an argument with the chair umpire over a ruling within the match. The incident occurred two video games earlier than the tip of the match.
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Coco Gauff tries to chill down with an ice pack throughout a match towards Croatia’s Donna Vekic on the Roland-Garros Stadium throughout the Olympic Video games in Paris on July 30, 2024. (Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Donna Vekic performs a forehand towards Coco Gauff throughout the third spherical match of the ladies’s singles on the fourth day of the Olympic Video games at Roland Garros on July 30, 2024 in Paris. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Pictures)
Vekić’s return of a Gauff serve landed close to the baseline. A linesman initially referred to as Vekić’s shot out earlier than Gauff may return it. Nonetheless, chair umpire Jaume Campistol believed the shot was in and awarded Vekić some extent.
The Croatian tennis participant took a 4-2 lead at that time.
“I by no means argue about these selections. However he was saying it earlier than I hit the ball,” Gauff instructed Campistol. “It isn’t even a notion; it is the foundations. I at all times have to face up for myself.”
Coco Gauff speaks with chair umpire Jaume Campistol on the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris on July 30, 2024. (Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP through Getty Pictures)
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Gauff was discovered crying throughout the argument.
It was a tricky day for Gauff, who initially led Vekić 4-1 within the first set, however the Wimbledon semi-finalist got here again to beat her in a tiebreaker.
Coco Gauff reacts after making a improper resolution throughout her efficiency towards Donna Vekic on the Olympic Video games in Paris on July 30, 2024. (Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Coco Gauff speaks with an official throughout the third spherical of the ladies’s singles on July 30, 2024. (Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP through Getty Pictures)
From that second on, Vekić saved the momentum going.
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It isn’t the tip for Gauff, the reigning US Open ladies’s champion. She’s nonetheless within the ladies’s doubles competitors with Jessica Pegula and the combined doubles with Taylor Fritz.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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