{"id":400594,"date":"2024-06-06T21:24:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T21:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=400594"},"modified":"2024-06-06T23:05:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T23:05:24","slug":"gauff-in-tears-at-awful-call-during-semi-final-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=400594","title":{"rendered":"Gauff in tears at 'awful' call during semi-final loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coco Gauff<\/a> was not thrilled about the chair umpire's ruling that went against her during her semi-final loss to Iga Swiatek at Roland Garros<\/a> \u2014 and made that quite clear to the official.<\/p>\n

Gauff also thinks it's about time that tennis moved into the 21st century and relied on video replay technology at all events, the way many other sports do.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point, it\u2019s almost ridiculous that we don\u2019t have it," she said. \u201cThere are so many decisions that are made, and it sucks as a player to go back or (watch) online, and you see that you were completely right. And it\u2019s, like: What does that give you in that moment?\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 20-year-old American, who won the US Open in September for her first grand slam title, disagreed with chair umpire Aur\u00e9lie Tourte's decision early in the second set of Swiatek's 6-2, 6-4 victory.<\/p>\n

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Swiatek hit a serve that initially was called out at around the same time as Gauff was swinging to hit a return, which landed out. The call on the serve itself was reversed to \u201cIn,\u201d and Tourte awarded the point to Swiatek; Gauff said that was unfair because she thought she was affected by the original \u201cOut\u201d call.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have the right to finish my swing," Gauff said.<\/p>\n

Tourte's reply? \u201cIt did not affect the shot,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Gauff then told Tourte she was wrong and \u201cshould be ashamed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a grand slam semi-final,\u201d Gauff told the official. "Know the rules of the game. You know you're wrong\u201d<\/p>\n

Tourte did not budge.<\/p>\n

When action resumed, Gauff walked back behind the baseline and used her wrist bands to wipe the tears from her eyes.<\/p>\n

"Coco Gauff is right by the way," Chris Evert told Eurosport.<\/p>\n

"She would never tell a lie to the umpire. That's awful officiating."\ufeff<\/p>\n

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\u201cEvery point matters against anybody, but especially against her. I think it was just one of those moments, but I overcame it. I obviously won that game,\u201d Gauff said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI usually don\u2019t get too frustrated with decisions like that, but I think it was just a combination of everything going on in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gauff did break Swiatek for the only time in the match right then for a 3-1 lead in the set. But Swiatek would take five of the next six games to reach another final at Roland-Garros, where she is seeking a third consecutive trophy and fourth in five years.<\/p>\n

As for the larger issue of whether Tourte should have been able to examine some sort of replay to figure out whether the line judge's shout did affect things, Gauff had zero doubt about her stance.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think tennis is the only sport where not only we don\u2019t have the (video replay) system … (and) in other sports, there\u2019s usually multiple refs making a decision,\u201d Gauff said, noting that the US Open did add replays for certain calls last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely think, as a sport, we have to evolve. And have the technology. They\u2019re showing it on TV, so I don\u2019t get why the player can\u2019t see it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swiatek agreed with the basic premise, saying, \u201cIt would be easier to have the replay,\u201d but added: \u201cI don\u2019t know how it would look, like, logistically.<\/p>\n

"When can you ask an umpire to (show) a video replay or (whether) it\u2019s up to her to do that. Because I think the umpire today was pretty sure with her call.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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