“Sorry doesn’t help you once the match is over,” Coco Gauff continues to vent her frustration about Umpires controversial lines call after losing to Donna Vekic at Olympics
Gauff has called for the use of soccer style Video Assistant Referee system in tennis.
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USA’s frontrunner in women’s tennis, Coco Gauff, was knocked out of the singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics by Donna Vekic in the third round. The match went south for the American after she lost her composure due to a controversial call in the second set that led to a break of serve.
A point was awarded to Vekic at 3-2, 40-30 in the second set after her return was called out by a line umpire. The call was then overruled by the chair umpire. Gauff has not succeeded in keeping the ball in play and the umpire argued that she had hit the ball before the line judge made her call. This led to a heated argument that culminated in tears as Gauff accused the officials of unfair treatment.
After the match, Gauff took some time to reflect on the matter and spoke to the press about it. She said that the incident did not change the course of the match but stood her ground by stating that what happened was unfair.
I can’t say I would have won the match if I would have won that point. But being down a break… Maybe replaying that point can make a big difference in that game. There have been multiple times this year where that happened to me where I feel like I always have to be an advocate for myself on the court. Usually, afterwards they apologize. It’s kind of frustrating when the sorry doesn’t help you once the match is over.
Coco Gauff said in her post match press conference
The absence of video review systems in tennis meant that the umpire could not review his decision. Gauff stated that match officials usually just apologize to the players and urge them to continue when such incidents occur, which she said was insufficient.
Donna Vekic becomes the second Croat ever to reach the women’s singles quarterfinal at the Summer Olympics
Canceled flights and delayed entry into Paris did not stop Donna Vekic from dominating her opponents at the Pair s Olympics, just as she had done just two weeks ago at Wimbledon.
In her third-round match against Gauff, she saved three set points and came back from 1-4 and 3-5 deficits to clinch the opening set in a tiebreak. The second set had some intense moments and arguments but Vekic closed it out 6-2 without letting the crowd and the drama make her falter.
This secured her a spot in the last eight, making her just the second Croat woman to reach this point at the Olympics. The first one to do it was Iva Majoli in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where she had gone down to eventual gold medalist, Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinal.
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