"I don't regret talking the way I did": Gauff believes she was right in showing disapproval to chair umpire in Siegemund controversy

Wednesday, 30 August 2023 at 10:17

America’s tennis star Coco Gauff has stated that she does not regret talking to the chair umpire in the US Open first-round encounter.

The 19-year-old secured a win in a heated first-round contest of the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year against Germany’s Laura Siegemund with a score of 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

During the match, Gauff was unhappy with the chair umpire and expressed her frustration in an exchange of words.

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The Atlanta-born was quoted in a report where she stated that she does not ‘regret’ talking to the chair umpire the way she did.

“I was really patient the whole match,” she said. “She was going over the time since the first set. I never said anything. I would look at the umpire, and she didn't do anything. But then it got to the point where she was doing it a lot on my serve. I was being nice. My team told me I should have spoke up earlier.

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“I think the pressure worked. Obviously, she gave those time violations after that. I was finally happy when the time violation came. There was also a situation after the long game in the first set, she was sitting down. I told the ref that she's not allowed to sit down because that's the rule.

“I wasn't sure if I was in the right or not until it happened multiple times. Then I was like, ‘Okay, I know I'm in the right. The frustration was bottling, to be honest. I think honestly if I could do it all over again, I would have said something earlier, maybe on a changeover, not so much like when I was serving. Other than that, I don't regret talking to the ref the way I did.”

Gauff is now set to face off Russia’s Mirra Andreeva in the round of 64 on Wednesday.

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