Coco Gauff, who carried the USA flag at the Opening Ceremony with LeBron James, broke Donna Vekic of Croatia’s serve and took the lead in the first set with a score of 4-1.
Gauff, won the US Open last year, and her partner, CZE’s Kateina Siniaková, also won the women’s double title at the French Open earlier this year.
Gauff was hoping to set a new court record against Donna Vekic, but there was a turnaround, and Gauff lost to Vekic in the women’s singles competition.
The Croatian player was down 1-4 in the first set, but he found reserves to save three set points, take Gauff to tie-break, and then won the set!
In the subsequent set, Vekic broke Gauff’s serve in Game 6 preceding dominating the following two matches to take the match to progress to the following round.
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Gauff was understandably shocked and upset by the outcome, and even wept. She didn’t have the best match of her career, experiencing seven twofold blames and failed to score a single ace.
But the truth of the matter is, her Paris 2024 experience isn’t finished at this point. In the competitions women’s doubles and mixed doubles, she still stands a chance of winning a medal.
