PARIS — Coco Gauff precipitated a short and amusing delay on the French Open on Tuesday when she stepped onto Court docket Philippe-Chatrier with out her rackets.
Gauff seemed confused earlier than a ball boy ran out minutes later carrying her pack of mint-colored rackets.
“That is higher,” stated the courtroom announcer, drawing laughter, applause and smiles from the gang within the match’s essential stadium.
Regardless of the mix-up, No. 2-seeded Gauff went on to defeat Australia’s Olivia Gadecki 6-2, 6-2 in her opening match.
The American jokingly blamed her coach for the lacking rackets.
“Actually, so long as I have been on tour, my coach has all the time put the rackets within the bag earlier than the match as a result of he is very superstitious,” she stated. “I am blaming it on my coach. It is OK.”
Gauff was a 2022 finalist at Roland-Garros and is among the many title contenders once more.