Frustrated Coco Gauff Breaks Racquet for the First Time During French Open 2021 Quarterfinals
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Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – June 9, 2021 Cori Gauff of the U.S. reacts during her quarter final match against Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Coco Gauff imploded in her French Open 2021 quarterfinal match against Barbora Krejcikova. After failing to convert several opportunities in the first set, she was being dominated in the second set by Krejcikova. Subsequently, in utter frustration, Gauff broke her racquet and received a code violation.
Gauff had five set points in the entirety of the first set; however, she failed to convert any. First, she led 3-0 in the first set and later was serving for the set at 5-3, but she gave away her advantage. As the set went into the tie-break, Gauff saw more set point opportunities but failed as Krejcikova took her chances to win the tiebreaker, 8-6, and the set, 7-6.
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Coco Gauff of the U.S. reacts during her quarterfinal match against Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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Coco Gauff failed to convert set points in the first set
Having lost the set, Gauff was in turmoil and was rapidly losing her way. In no time, she was two breaks down, and at 4-0, broke her racquet in frustration for the first time in her career. As the racquet shattered, she was given a code violation for racquet abuse.
From 4-6 down in the first-set tie-break, Krejcikova wins 24 of the next 31 points (by my maths).
Things are unravelling rapidly in almost every aspect of the Gauff game – she DFs to go down 0-4. And murders a racquet. pic.twitter.com/OKhaJ3XUQ4
— The Tennis Podcast (@TennisPodcast) June 9, 2021
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Being 4-0 down, there was visible tension in Gauff. She is only 17 and dropping that first set really hurt her confidence in the second set. Krejcikova didn’t have to do much in the second set as Gauff’s unforced error count rose significantly. Neither was Gauff returning as cleanly as she had done in the first set.
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Coco Gauff of the U.S. smashes her racket during her quarter final match against Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Alarm bells started ringing when Gauff gave up a 40-15 advantage on her serve at 1-0. From there Krejcikova won 12 points in a row, to break Coco twice and register a 4-0 lead in the second set.
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