The world No. 2’s effort to claim her first gold medal in the women’s single bracket was stopped far earlier than many pundits expected.
American women’s tennis superstar Coco Gauff’s first meaningful quest for an Olympic gold medal in a singles event has stopped short far earlier than the 20-year-old probably expected.
Gauff, the world No. 2 and the tournament’s No. 2 seed, was ousted by No. 13-seeded Croatian Donna Vekic 7-6 (7), 6-2 on Tuesday, during their third-round meeting in Roland Garros, home to the French Open.
A Vekic return on a Gauff serve with the latter leading 3-2 in the second set hit the baseline on Gauff’s side. The ball was ruled out by a line judge and Gauff did not try to respond to the return, but chair umpire Jaume Campistol gave Vekic the point, asserting that the ball landed within the line and was actually playable.
