"Something tells me they got that lick for Coco": Tennis fans react after Siegemund narrowly escapes being hit by a tennis ball in doubles tie

Germany’s tennis star Laura Siegemund narrowly missed being hit by a ball during the US Open double category fixture.

The 35-year-old, during the round of 16 tie in the doubles category against America’s duo of Robin Montgomery and Clervie Ngounoue, narrowly avoided being hit by a ball.

The incident caught the attention of fans on social media who made some interesting comments and connected it with how she reacted in her singles opening round fixture at the mega-event against America’s Coco Gauff.

The Filderstadt-born was in tears during the match and even went on to complain about how the fans treated her in the opening round clash where she ended up losing to the current world number six with a score of 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

"At the end of the day I go home and I look at myself and I can say I did a great job,” she said after the match. “But did I get anything from people for that? I didn't. Maybe it's not zero. Maybe it feels like zero right now. But it feels pretty much like a flat zero, even less than zero because they treated me bad.

"Like they treated me like I was a cheater. Like I was like, trying sneaky ways to win this match or something. They treated me like I was a bad person. But you know there are people throwing racquets, screaming, who are like making bad gestures towards the audience.

“I did not one moment in the whole match and there was a lot of tension going on.Not one moment I did anything. I was just slow. And that's you know, that's something in the rule. I get my time violation. That's fine, yeah.”

Siegemund and her partner Vera Zvonareva of Russia went on to win the match in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-4.