Coco Gauff breaks down in tears during heated on-court argument at Olympics

Coco Gauff was visibly distraught as she engaged in a heated debate with the umpire and the tournament supervisor during her Olympic match.

The second-ranked player in the world suffered a break of serve in the second set against Donna Vekic, having already lost the first set in a tiebreaker.

Gauff argued that an erroneous call had impacted her play and insisted the point should have been replayed; however, the point was given to Vekic, leading to a break in her favor.

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While trailing 2-3 in the second set, Gauff faced a critical moment as Vekic earned a break point. During the rally, one of Vekic's shots was initially called out but then quickly corrected, causing Gauff to hit the ball into the net.

The point was assigned to the 21st-ranked player, prompting Gauff to immediately confront the chair umpire. "For me, the call didn't affect your shot," he responded.

Yet, Gauff countered: "He called it out before I hit it. That's why I went up on the ball." She persisted with her argument, leading to the arrival of the supervisor on the court.

Commentator Miles Maclagan weighed in on the situation, saying, "I think the umpire has made the correct call. I have sympathy for both because it happened so quickly and you're not necessarily looking for it either,".

When supervisor Clare Wood approached the court, Gauff continued her plea: "You have to understand, he called it out before I hit it," she said. "What's the rule? It's not even a millisecond, he called it when I hit the ball. I understand if it was the same time but it was before. It's not even a perception."

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"I always have to advocate for myself. It happened to be in July, it happened to me here. This isn't fair. This isn't fair. I feel like I'm getting cheated on constantly in this game. I constantly feel like that and then I have to argue. No because I do and then you guys apologize after."

As Gauff vented her feeling of being cheated, co-commentator Naomi Cavaday chimed in: "Clare Wood just telling her to be careful here with the language she's using. Vekic is waiting. We don't have video review for the players to use for this. It is a judgement call."

"If Gauff had hit the ball into the court it would be a replay but because she didn't make the shot, the controversial point went to her opponent due to the wrongful call. Gauff was arguing that the call distracted her and caused her to miss. But when calls are made on the baseline, you typically have such a small window between the bounce and your racket's swing that the call hardly affects the shotit happens too fast to change your reaction," explained Cavaday.

Despite the jeers that reverberated around Court Philippe-Chatrier as the game resumed, Vekic informed the spectators "it's not my fault".

Following the altercation, Gauff failed to win another game and Vekic secured a surprising 7-6(7) 6-2 victory.

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