The No. 1-seeded pair of Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula were eliminated from the women’s doubles in Paris on Wednesday.
After Gauff lost in women’s doubles, she would fall in mixed doubles as well alongside American teammate Taylor Fritz. They would lose to Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriela Dabrowski in the quarterfinals (7-6, 3-6, 10-8).
These two losses come after Gauff was eliminated from singles competition on Tuesday. Gauff and Pegula lost to the Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova (2-6, 6-4, 10-5) in three sets in the second round of the tournament.
Her early exit from Paris in both competitions comes as somewhat of a surprise, given that the 20-year-old Gauff won her first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open in September of last year. No stage had ever seemed too bright for her, as she even made the singles final at the French Open in 2022. However, she wasn’t able to meet expectations at the Olympics.
The doubles loss comes one day after Gauff’s controversial loss to Croatia’s Donna Vekic in two (7-6, 6-2) straight sets. Momentum swung Vekic’s way early in the second set. Vekic already was up 3-2 in the second set and had a break point to go up 4-2.
In the middle of a rally, Gauff was about to hit, but the linesman indicated Vekic’s shot was out, then corrected the call. Gauff said she heard the out call, slowed down and hit the ball into the net. Rather than replaying the point, as Gauff had wanted, the chair awarded the point to Vekic, a budding star from Croatia. The umpire told Gauff: “For me, the call didn’t affect your shot.” The call has since sparked massive debate online and left Gauff in tears.
“I always have to advocate for myself,” Gauff told the umpire. “It happened to me 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.”
Gauff’s Olympics are over after the trio of losses in what was her first attempt at gold. The 20-year-old tennis star is expected to be back in 2028 barring any unforeseen setbacks, which will be in the United States on her home soil in Los Angeles.
On3’s Suzanne Halliburton contributed to this report.
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