TENNIS
French Open 2024: Horrendous Coco Gauff Blunder Over Ons Jabeur Forces Tennis Journalist to Expose Harsh Scheduling Reality
Coco Gauff is on a stellar run at the French Open, where she has now secured a spot in the quarterfinal round. With a spectacular display of her prowess on the Parisian clay, the American tennis prodigy has dazzled a flurry of her fans in the tennis community. However, for her fans in the US, the excitement of keeping tabs on Gauff’s campaign has turned into disappointment owing to the harsh scheduling of her quarterfinal match.The current number 3 player will now square off against the 8th seed, Ons Jabeur, for a place in the semifinal round of the Roland Garros. Gauff and Jabeur’s blockbuster clash will start at 5 am ET, and the scheduling has stirred a huge debate among many who are questioning the night session match in Paris. Even the renowned journalist David Law took to social media to vent his disappointment as he lashed out at the schedule of the quarterfinal match featuring the ‘America’s biggest current tennis star.’
He tweeted, “I have a lot of thoughts about the scheduling of this tennis tournament. But let’s put all of them aside for a moment and focus on this: Can someone, anyone, explain the logic of putting America’s biggest current tennis star, Coco Gauff, on in the middle of the night in the US?” Other tennis fans in the US also flocked to social media as they questioned the schedule of Gauff’s night session match at the French Open.
Fans react to journalist’s complaints about the schedule of Coco Gauff’s match
In the comments section, a fan labeled it a ‘poor decision’ given that the reigning US Open champion has a big potential rating win for their country.