{"id":2316040,"date":"2024-07-30T13:22:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T17:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-flag-bearer-coco-gauff-berates-umpire-through-tears-as-she-suffers-stunning-olympics-upset\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T13:28:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T17:28:15","slug":"us-flag-bearer-coco-gauff-berates-umpire-through-tears-as-she-suffers-stunning-olympics-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-flag-bearer-coco-gauff-berates-umpire-through-tears-as-she-suffers-stunning-olympics-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"US Flag Bearer Coco Gauff Berates Umpire Through Tears as She Suffers Stunning Olympics Upset"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-flag-bearer-coco-gauff-berates-umpire-through-tears-as-she-suffers-stunning-olympics-upset%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2316040&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Coco\u2064 Gauff,\u200b a prominent young tennis star representing the United States\u200b at the 2024 Paris Olympics,\u200d experienced a\u2064 controversial loss that reignited her call\u2063 for video review\u200d in tennis. During a match\u200b against Donna \u2064Vekic, Gauff faced a critical officiating decision where a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-beauty-guru-to-launch-make-makeup-great-again-line\/\" title=\"Conservative Beauty Guru To Launch \u2018Make Makeup Great Again\u2019 Line\">line call<\/a> went against her,\u200d leading to\u200d emotional\u200b distress and tears. Gauff argued\u200d that the umpire made the call before she \u200dhit the ball, affecting her swing and the outcome. Despite her strong start, Gauff \u2062could not maintain her lead \u2064and \u200beventually lost after not converting \u2064critical points. She acknowledged the difficulty of \u2063pinpointing one call as decisive but expressed frustration over recurring incidents of perceived unfair officiating. After her defeat, Gauff expressed a desire to\u2064 win medals in other events at the \u2063Olympics but faced the reality of\u200d an early exit in singles competition.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>The scene felt all too familiar to Coco Gauff. An officiating decision she was sure was wrong. Tears streaming down her cheeks. And a loss, this time at the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s been multiple times this year where that&rsquo;s happened to me &mdash; where I felt like I always have to be an advocate for myself on the court,&rdquo; Gauff said afterward, renewing a call for video review to be used in tennis, as it is in many other professional sports.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I felt that [the umpire] called it before I hit, and I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t think the ref disagreed,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I think he just thought it didn&rsquo;t affect my swing, which I felt like it did.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gauff is one of the biggest stars at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-ufc-champ-boycotts-olympics-disgusting-opening-backlash-hits-organizers-hard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Paris Games<\/a>, a 20-year-old from Florida who was seeded No. 2 at the Olympics in singles and was the female <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/riley-gaines-points-problem-lebron-james-usas-olympic-flag-bearer-says-disqualified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flag bearer<\/a> for the United States during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/olympic-organizers-attempt-backpedal-opening-ceremony-gets-undermined-performers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opening ceremony<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It was Donna Vekic, though, who was receiving much of the support from the stands early in the match, with chants of &ldquo;Don-na! Don-na!&rdquo; ringing out.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>By the time the disputed call happened two games from the end of the match, Gauff was way behind.<\/p>\n<p>She hit a serve, and Vekic&rsquo;s return landed near the baseline. A line judge initially called Vekic&rsquo;s shot out; Gauff did not keep the ball in play. Chair umpire Jaume Campistol thought Vekic&rsquo;s shot landed in and awarded her the point, giving her a service break and a 4-2 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff walked over to argue with the official, and play was delayed for several minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I never argue these calls. But he called it out before I hit the ball,&rdquo; Gauff said to Campistol. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not even a perception; it&rsquo;s the rules.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Coco Gauff arguing her case with the ref at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Olympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Olympics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Olympic2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Olympic2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tennis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tennis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nWJ3UFNW3k\">pic.twitter.com\/nWJ3UFNW3k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#127909; &#129385; (@morevidsagain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/morevidsagain\/status\/1818263980030427284?\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the exchange, Gauff walked away crying.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These points are big deals. Usually afterward, they apologize. So it&rsquo;s kind of frustrating. The &lsquo;sorry&rsquo; doesn&rsquo;t help you once the match is over,&rdquo; Gauff said. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t say I would have won the match if I would have won that point.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Even before the trouble over the umpiring decision, Gauff could not sustain a good start against Vekic, who was a semifinalist at Wimbledon this month.<\/p>\n<p>The American led 4-1 and was a point from moving ahead 5-1 and serving for the opening set. But she didn&rsquo;t close the deal, then wasted a couple of set points at 6-4 in the ensuing tiebreaker. Vekic surged to the end of that set, then maintained her level in the second.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to sit here and say one point affected the result today,&rdquo; Gauff acknowledged, &ldquo;because I was already on the losing side of things.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It always happens here at the French Open to me. Every time,&rdquo; Gauff said while pleading her case. &ldquo;This is like the fourth, fifth time it&rsquo;s happened this year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vekic, who advanced to the quarterfinals, did not get involved, staying at her end of the court.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a very tricky situation. I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jean-pierre-unable-to-answer-whether-proposed-gun-control-legislation-wouldve-prevented-mass-shootings\/\" title=\"Jean-Pierre Unable To Answer Whether Proposed Gun Control Legislation Would\u2019ve Prevented Mass Shootings\">personally thought<\/a> the umpire made a good decision, because the call came quite late,&rdquo; Vekic said when asked afterward about what happened. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;ll have to rewatch it. It&rsquo;s tough to know exactly in the moment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Unfortunately Coco Gauff was wrong and the Umpire was right.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike her accusation, she was clearly not cheated, and in fact, had they replayed the point then she might have actually cheated her opponent out of an important point.<\/p>\n<p>Here is 100% indisputable evidence.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8zpOc74rME\">https:\/\/t.co\/8zpOc74rME<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/crrpBbWYaO\">pic.twitter.com\/crrpBbWYaO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dustin G&oacute;rski (@dustinmoris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dustinmoris\/status\/1818267193286517014?\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Gauff was scheduled to head back out on court with U.S. teammate Taylor Fritz for a first-round mixed doubles match later Tuesday. She also is competing in women&rsquo;s doubles with Jessica Pegula at these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-responds-olympics-opening-ceremony-promises-different-display-2028-games-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Gauff spoke about aiming to leave with three medals &mdash; one from each of her events in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/opening-day-paris-olympics-thrown-chaos-coordinated-arson-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris<\/a>. 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She was convinced an officiating call was incorrect, tears rolling down her face, and ultimately faced a loss at the Paris Olympics. &#8220;This year has seen several instances where I felt the need to advocate for myself on the court,&#8221; Gauff remarked afterward, reiterating her support for implementing video review in tennis, similar to other professional sports. She expressed her belief that the umpire made his call before she hit the ball and noted that while he may not have disagreed with her perspective, he thought it didn&#8217;t impact her swing\u2014something she strongly contested.<\/p>\n<p>At just 20 years old and seeded No. 2 in singles at the Olympics, Gauff is one of the standout athletes at the 2024 Paris Games and served as the female flag bearer for Team USA during Friday&#8217;s opening ceremony. However, during early match play against Donna Vekic, she noticed significant crowd support for Vekic with chants of &#8220;Don-na! Don-na!&#8221; echoing through the stands.<\/p>\n<p>When a controversial call arose just two games from finishing their match, Gauff was already trailing significantly. After serving, Vekic&#8217;s return appeared close to landing out; initially called out by a line judge but later overturned by chair umpire Jaume Campistol who awarded Vekic a point instead\u2014granting her a service break and putting her ahead 4-2. Gauff approached Campistol to contest this decision which led to several minutes of delay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I usually don\u2019t argue these calls,&#8221; Gauff told him. &#8220;But he called it out before I hit.&#8221; She emphasized that this wasn&#8217;t merely about perception but rather about adhering to established rules.<\/p>\n<p>Following their exchange, Gauff walked away visibly upset. &#8220;These points are crucial,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Typically they apologize afterward which is frustrating because &#8216;sorry&#8217; doesn\u2019t change anything once you\u2019ve lost.&#8221; While acknowledging that winning or losing one point might not have determined today&#8217;s outcome since she was already struggling in the match against Vekic\u2014who had recently reached Wimbledon\u2019s semifinals\u2014Gauff reflected on how such incidents seem recurrent at major tournaments like Roland Garros.<\/p>\n<p>Vekic advanced to quarterfinals without engaging further in their dispute over officiating decisions; when asked about it later on she mentioned finding it difficult to assess what happened live but believed Campistol made an appropriate ruling given how late it came.<\/p>\n<p>Despite facing disappointment from this match outcome\u2014and having aimed for three medals across different events during these Olympics\u2014Gauff planned to compete again soon alongside U.S teammate Taylor Fritz in mixed doubles as well as participating in women\u2019s doubles with Jessica Pegula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2316041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/4501fe0291194c85b4ec3ad759cca736-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36654,36656,36657,36655],"class_list":["post-2316040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coco-gauff","tag-olympics-upset","tag-umpire-controversy","tag-us-flag-bearer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/4501fe0291194c85b4ec3ad759cca736-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2316040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2316040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2316040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}