Coco Gauff has decried the lack of video replay technology at the French Open following her 2-6, 4-6 semi loss to Iga Swiatek on Thursday. The 20-year-old American had a row with umpire Aurelie Tourte for not overturning a call when she returned a Swiatek serve that was called out in the second set. Gauff was total dissatisfied with the incident, saying the umpire should be...
American teenage tennis star Coco Gauff reached her highest-ever spot on the newly-released world tennis ranking on Monday. The 19-year-old, who recently defeated Belarusian star Aryna Sabalenka to win the US Open and claim her first Grand Slam title, moved three places to third on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. Gauff overtakes compatriot Jessica Pegula, who drops two places and is currently fifth in the...
Coco Gauff claimed her first win over Iga Swiatek as she defeated the Polish star 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-4 to reach the final of the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open. The 19-year-old American met the world number one seven times previously without managing to win a single set, including their last outing at the 2023 French Open quarter-finals which Swiatek won 6-4, 6-2. Saturday's encounter was a...
Ons Jabeur moved into the Wimbledon third round with ease following her 6-1, 6-1 win over Zhuoxuan Bai on Friday . The second round tie was a very comfortable one for the Tunisian sixth seed and 2022 Wimbledon runner-up as she needed just 46 minutes to dispatch her Chinese opponent ranked 191st in the world and set up a last 32 clash with Canadian and 2019...
Lloyd Harris has crashed out of the ongoing Wimbledon tournament after suffering a four-set loss (5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 3-6) to Gregoire Barrere in the first round on Wednesday. The 26-year-old South African headed to SW19 on the back of reaching the final of the Mallorca Open where he lost to Christopher Eubanks. Harris took a 2-0 lead in the first set after breaking Barrere in...
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