The 20-year-old second seed Gauff marched into a 5-2 lead in the opening set but Vekic responded with some sublime claycourt tennis to turn the match on its head
Coco Gauff of United States cries after arguing with the umpires during her women's singles third round match against Donna Vekic of Croatia, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, on July 30, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris.evaporated in the third round as she argued with officials and slumped to a 7-6 6-2 defeat by Croatia’s Donna Vekic in furnace-like conditions at Roland Garros on Tuesday.
Vekic saved two set points in a crucial opening set tiebreak and was the better player as she became the first Croatian to reach the Olympic women’s singles quarter-finals since Iva Majoli in 1996. Gauff refused to blame the dispute for her loss but insisted, with some justification, that the point should have been replayed because the line judge’s initial shout of “out” impeded her stroke.
“I mean, there’s 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.
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