"The tournament was giving us unrealistic 'not before' times": Coco Gauff slams Miami Open after long waits due to rain

Coco Gauff has slammed the organisation of the Miami Open after rain delays weren't handled the best in her mind during Day Four of the WTA 1000.

Albeit it didn't massively affect her with Gauff speeding through against Nadia Podoroska before the rain really hit. But only seven singles matches were completed and a huge schedule which will likely be rain delayed again is set for Saturday. She said that the not before times which were mooted were 'unrealistic' and messed up players' schedules.

"Yeah, it was a good match for me. Lots of waiting, but glad we were able to get it done today. Yeah, happy with how I played," she said during her post-match press conference.

"I was most pleased with just starting the match well 'cause when you come out and it's a long wait, you never know how you're going to start," she said.

"I came as normal schedule, even I knew it was going to rain. Shortened my warm-up before I hit so I could get a chance to hit. I did hit 15 minutes at, like, 9 in the morning. Don't know if that made a difference because we played so much later. I was just waiting around, talked to some folks, played some games, read. It felt like a long wait. I was kind of not sure when to eat. Also the tournament was giving us unrealistic 'not before' times, so that felt a little bit weird, too," she added.

"I didn't really think about trying to finish until the last game of the match when I kind of saw it getting darker, then they turned on the lights, the temperature dropped. I'm from here, so I know that's like rain coming any second," Gauff said.

"That's when I thought about the weather. It was like, Okay, let's get it done. Especially a match like this where you're so close to finishing. I honestly didn't want to come out here tomorrow where it's supposed to rain and wait all day again to play. I was like, Let me try to get it done as quick as possible," she added.