At the 2024 French Open, Coco Gauff and the chair umpire got into an argument during her semifinal match against Iga Swiatek on Thursday. The chair umpire’s controversial line call, which Gauff felt interfered with her play, sparked the discussion.
Gauff didn’t think it was fair since she sensed the linesperson’s call before she hit the ball, which meant the point should have been replayed. She approached the chair umpire to argue her point but to no avail. Gauff alerted the chair umpire to the loud boos emanating from the Court Philippe-Chartrier crowd at this point.
The 20-year-old went on to say that the reason the supporters were jeering her for the mistake was because they knew she was wrong to give Gauff the point.
Gauff said: “Are you serious? They are booing you because you are wrong. This is the second time this has happened. It’s a Grand Slam semifinal. Know the rules of the game.”
Gauff stepped back to the baseline so that the game could continue, upset that the call had not been repealed. While travelling back, the American was also captured on tape crying, an unexpected display of emotion that caught many of her social media followers off guard.
Coco Gauff in 2024
Ranked world no.3 (career-high), Gauff played her last match on the 6th of June when she surrendered to world no.1 Iga Swiatek 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal of the French Open (draw).
Currently, during this season the American has a compiled 30-9 match record. The American clinched 1 title in Auckland.
Swiatek at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2024
At the moment ranked no.1, Swiatek achieved an overall 44-4 record in 2024. Iga is currently having a run at the French Open where she conquered the world no.148 Leolia Jeanjean 6-1 6-2
, the world no.134 Naomi Osaka 7-61 1-6 7-5, the world no.42 Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-2, the world no.41 Anastasia Potapova 6-0 6-0, the world no.6 Marketa Vondrousova 6-0 6-2 and the world no.3 Cori Gauff 6-2 6-4.Iga Swiatek will fight against the world no.15 Jasmine Paolini in the final on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. Their actual head to head record is 2-0 for Swiatek.
Iga has won 5 titles in 2024 in Australia, Doha, Indian Wells, Madrid and Rome.
Swiatek won 22 titles in her career: 13 on hard courts and 9 on clay courts. (See the list of her titles)
Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek fought against each other 12 times. Their actual head to head record is 11-1 for Swiatek. Previously, the last time they competed against each other, Iga Swiatek won 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in Paris (French Open) on the 6th of June 2024.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek |
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