Coco Gauff outraged after the match with Iga Świątek. “It’s funny”
- It’s almost ridiculous at this point – said a very outraged Cori Gauff when asked about the lack of a hawk-eye system that would resolve disputes in Roland Garros matches. Among other things, the one that happened to the American during the semi-final match against Iga Świątek. Let us remind you that the player from the USA did not advance to the final, losing the match against the Pole in two sets 2:6, 4:6.In the second set, when the score was 2-1 for Gauff , after Iga Świątek’s serve , the line judge shouted out, the American hit the ball, and it landed off the court. However, the main judge awarded a point to the Pole, which made Coco upset. Gauff believed she hit the ball after a shout from the linesman. The referee did not agree with this, and at one point the fans started booing. There was an exchange of words between the player and the referee. It is worth saying that looking at the further course of events on the court, the entire incident had no major significance.Gauff fired back when asked about the hawk-eye system
After the meeting, Gauff was asked about the lack of an appropriate system to resolve such controversial situations. Then the 20-year-old strongly attacked the tennis authorities. — I think tennis is the only sport where we don’t have a hawk-eye system, and in many difficult moments decisions are made by one person. In other sports, several referees are usually involved in making decisions. I know things improved a bit at the US Open last year . At one point we used it in doubles, she recalled.
She did not hide her outrage at the current situation in tennis
The American did not hide her outrage that the tennis authorities were not doing anything to eliminate refereeing errors. — Yeah, I definitely think it’s almost ridiculous at this point that we don’t have a system like that. I’m not just saying because I was a victim of it today, but many sports have solved this problem. There’s not much you can do in such situations, she emphasized, very frustrated.