HEARTBREAKING:Coco Gauff just passed away recently….
It was not because three sets were required to decide the victor that American tennis star Coco Gauff’s first-round match versus German player Laura Siegemund at the 2023 U.S. Open lasted two hours and fifty-one minutes.
For the majority of the match, Gauff suppressed her annoyance at Siegemund’s slow play. However, on Monday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the tournament’s sixth-ranked women’s tennis player angrily blasted the chair umpire for failing to penalize Siegemund for
Siegemund had won the first set 6-3, but she was constantly putting her arms in the chair to indicate that she was not prepared for Gauff’s serves after Gauff won the second set 6-2 and had a resounding 3-0 lead in the third set.
Siegemund had won the first set 6-3, but she was constantly putting her arms in the chair to indicate that she was not prepared for Gauff’s serves after Gauff won the second set 6-2 and had a resounding 3-0 lead in the third set.
The 19-year-old lost it at that point and expressed it verbally. “How is this fair? She walked over to talk about four times and she is never ready when I am serving. You only gave her a time violation once.” Gauff shouted at the referee.
Gauff responded to the chair umpire’s response by saying, “No, it is not like we are playing extended points; you are calling the score after the point is over. Six seconds after the point has ended, you are calling the score!
