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The number 3 in the world ranking, Coco Gauff, starred in an emotional episode in the semifinals of Roland Garros when she cried after a refereeing injustice during her duel with the number 1, Iga Swiatek. Gauff was affected by a scoring error after a bad called good serve from the Pole, which led her to lose the point despite explaining that her distraction prevented her from returning the serve correctly. Swiatek, meanwhile, is one step away from revalidating her title in search of her fourth crown at Roland Garros.
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The American tennis player Coco Gauff (number 3 in the world ranking) was involved in a unique situation this Thursday during her duel against the Polish Iga Swiatek (1st), valid for the Roland Garros semifinals.
In the middle of the second set, with the North American down on the scoreboard 2-6 and 2-1, an injustice made her shed tears at the Court Philippe Chatrier.
When the Atlanta native was up 15-0 in the fourth game, the judge committed a big mistake. A line judge called a serve that was good from the European wrong, the umpire Aurelie Tourte corrected her teammate’s decision, but gave him the point to Swiatek.
At this, Gauff exploded. He explained to the judge that since they called the ball bad she became distracted and could not normally return the service. He considered it unfair that they gave the point to the Pole.
Nothing changed the mind of the highest authority of the match, despite the fact that the player reiterated over and over again that He had swung and was going to hit, but he didn’t because they shouted out.. “I am 1000% sure“, he told the judge.
After the heated discussion, the American he started crying in the middle of the track and had to take a few seconds to compose himself.
Finally, the tennis player who will be the new WTA world number 2 next Monday bowed in straight sets against Swiatek for 2-6 and 3-6.
Thus, the Pole is just one step away from revalidating the title and taking her fourth crown in the ‘Big’ on clay. Her rival will come from the match between the Italian Jasmine Paolini and the Russian Mirra Andreeva.
