Coco Gauff demanded the introduction of video replays at Roland Garros after being dumped out of the Olympic Games singles tennis tournament yesterday in a stormy defeat to impressive Donna Vekic of Croatia.
Vekic came through 7-6 (9/7), 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals after world No 2 Gauff became embroiled in a tearful, bitter dispute with the chair umpire over a line call in the sixth game of the second set.
Gauff, who had already surrendered a 5-2 lead in the first set, lost her composure on break point when a ball from Vekic was called out.
However, Gauff then hit the return into the net as the chair umpire Jaume Campistol was correcting the original call.
He insisted the call had not hindered the American's shot.
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