Chris Evert slammed “an awful” Aurelie Tourte call in the Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek match as the American tennis legend was heartbroken to see Gauff in tears when she knows the 20-year-old “would never tell a lie to the umpire.”
During a 2-6 4-6 loss to Swiatek in the French Open semifinal, Gauff was left in tears after being 100 percent sure that a very wrong and unfair call was made against her.
After Gauff returned one of Swiatek’s serves that was called out late but then overturned by Tourte, she automatically lost the point because her return went wide. Gauff immediately approached Tourte, trying to explain how she returned the ball after hearing the initial out call. But Tourte was adamant that she hit the return before a line umpire called Swiatek’s serve out.
“You should be ashamed and know the rules of the game. This is the second time this has happened. It’s a Grand Slam semifinal,” Gauff told Tourte during the argument.
Since Gauff had no doubt that she was telling the truth, she asked Tourte to check out with the line umpire in question what happened.
“No he did not. He called it and then I hit it. I’m 1,000 percent sure. If he called it before I hit it, I stop my reaction. I didn’t even finish my follow-through. He called it before…
