“Cheated” Coco Gauff loses cool at Olympics, exits to Donna Vekic in Paris
A lengthy argument with Jaume Campistol over whether an overruled call interfered with her shot reduced the American to tears, hastening a straight-sets defeat to the recent Wimbledon semifinalist.
Coco Gauff’s dream of an Olympic gold medal in women’s singles ended in frustration and tears as a lengthy argument over a line call hastened her 7-6 (7), 6-2 defeat to Donna Vekic at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris.
The world No. 2 was down break point at 2-3 in the second set when an overruled “out” call from umpire Jaume Campistol caused Gauff to lose her cool, unsuccessfully arguing the point ought to have been replayed due to her claim that the earlier “out” call had interfered with her shot. Feeling “cheated” by Campistol’s decision and receiving no relief the tournament supervisor, the reigning US Open champion went on to lose the final three games of the match and bow out to Vekic in just under two hours.