Coco Gauff‘s run within the girls’s singles match in Paris got here to a crashing halt Tuesday following a last-minute name reversal in her match in opposition to Croatia’s Donna Vekic.

Towards the top of the second set — with Gauff down 2-3, 30-40 — Vekic returned a forehand shot that was dominated out by a line choose as Gauff was hanging the ball. Due to the decision, which generally ends some extent, Gauff did not end her stroke correctly, ensuing within the ball hitting the web. After Gauff made contact, the chair umpire referred to as for a correction to the out name. The correction dominated Vekic’s shot to be in and Gauff’s return shot a fault. The outcome put Vekic up a break.

Gauff instantly disputed the purpose with the chair umpire. 

“You referred to as the ball out earlier than I even hit the ball,” the 20-year previous emphatically instructed the ref. 

“That doesn’t matter,” the chair umpire responded. 

After a short while, Worldwide Tennis Federation match referee Clare Wooden got here on courtroom, inflicting Gauff to vary the goal of her challenges. 

“It all the time occurs to me on this courtroom,” Gauff famous as tears streamed down her face. “I really feel like I’ve been cheated on consistently. I hope sooner or later the sport turns into truthful as a result of it’s not.”

Although the gang appeared to be on Gauff’s aspect, hurling criticisms at Vekic as the 2 returned to play, the American was unable to regain the composure with which she started the match, finally shedding the second set.

Here is a breakdown of what occurred…