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Coco Gauff’s Olympic journey in singles tennis has ended. Her Round 3 opponent, Croatia’s Donna Vekić, defeated Gauff 7-6(7), 6-2. Vekić advances to the quarterfinals, leaving Gauff out of medal contention.
Despite a strong start and taking the lead in the opening set, Gauff couldn’t maintain her momentum as Vekić fought back and ultimately secured the win.
This loss marked the first set dropped by Gauff in the tournament, and her frustration grew as an argument with the chair umpire further disrupted her game.
Huge argument in the Donna Vekic – Coco Gauff match. Umpire called the ball out before Gauff returned the ball and missed it in break point for Vekic. Ball was in. Coco Gauff crying and saying this always happens to me 😭 pic.twitter.com/Fv8zreC1hY
— edgeAI (@edgeaiofficial) July 30, 2024
Gauff to the Supervisor while crying.
“I feel like I’m getting cheated constantly in this game. This is the 3rd time this happens to me this year”.
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 30, 2024
Following the match, Gauff advocated for the use of video play in tennis, citing instances where she felt disadvantaged by umpire calls.
Despite the disappointment, Gauff’s performance in earlier rounds was commendable, making her the youngest American woman to win an Olympic singles match since Venus Williams in 2000.
Vekić will move on to face the winner of the Marta Kostyuk and Maria Sakkari match in the quarterfinals, while Gauff still has doubles and mixed doubles matches ahead.