At the US Open’s 2023 first-round match between Coco Gauff and Laura Siegemund, Gauff got into a heated exchange with the chair umpire about the German’s delay in preparing to return service.
At Flushing Meadows, Gauff started her season with an impressive comeback victory over Siegemund. On Monday, August 28, the 19-year-old battled back after dropping the first set 3-6 to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 in 2 hours and 51 minutes.
In the third set, the match took a dramatic turn when Coco Gauff complained to the chair umpire that Siegemund was taking too long to prepare to return. The World No. 6 claimed that the German had repeatedly avoided time violations during the course of the match.
Gauff complained to the chair umpire and said: “She’s never ready when I’m serving. She went over the clock like four times, you gave her a time violation once. How is this fair? No, you’re calling the score after the point is over.”
She added: “It’s not like we’re playing a lot of points. You’re calling the score like six seconds after the point is over. You’ve missed her like four times. She’s never ready. It’s not like we’re having 30-ball rallies. It’s two balls.”
Gauff instantly responded when the chair umpire remarked on her quickness, claiming that she kept a regular time of play.
Coco Gauff upset with the umpire in her match against Siegemund:
“She’s never ready when I’m serving. She went over the clock 4 times. You gave her a time violation once. How is this fair? You’re calling the score like 6 seconds after the point is over”
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) August 29, 2023
Siegemund unhappy with umpire in Coco Gauff match:
“Her last service game, I never went to the towel.. she’s playing almost unreasonably fast. I’m always there”
Umpire disagrees
“So I can’t go to the towel at all anymore?”
The crowd boos. It’s chilly in New York tonight. 🥶 pic.twitter.com/99uQaBcJRs
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) August 29, 2023
Gauff at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2023
WWLWWLWWWW Currently the world no.6, the American owns an overall 39-13 record in 2023. Coco is playing at the U.S. Open where she ousted the world no.121 Laura Siegemund 3-6 6-2 6-4.
Coco Gauff will come up against the world no.63 Mirra Andreeva in the 2nd round. Their actual record is 1-0 for Gauff.
Coco clinched 3 titles in 2023 in Auckland, Washington and Cincinnati.
Coco won 5 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
Laura Siegemund in 2023
Ranked world no.121, the German played her last match on the 28th of August when she was defeated by world no.6 Cori Gauff 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round of the U.S. Open (draw).
Presently, during this year the German has an overall 24-16 match record. Laura Siegemund’s most significant accomplishment of this year was getting to the final in Warsaw.
Coco Gauff and Laura Siegemund squared off just twice. Their actual record is 1-1. The last time they played each other, Coco Gauff won 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in New York (U.S. Open) on the 28th of August 2023.
You can see them in action in the following highlights.
