Coco Gauff loses twice in a day in doubles and her Paris Olympics are finished
Coco Gauff has lost in women’s doubles at the Paris Olympics a day after her tearful exit in singles
PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff lost in women's doubles and mixed doubles at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, ending her first Summer Games a day after her tearful exit in singles.
“At the end of the day, it’s over,” the 20-year-old American said. “I’ll try to take the positive out of it and do better next time.”
Gauff and her U.S. teammate, Jessica Pegula, were the top-seeded women's pair but were eliminated in the second round by the Czech duo of Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova 2-6, 6-4, 10-5 in a match tiebreaker in the afternoon. Then, at night, Gauff and Taylor Fritz exited mixed doubles with a 7-6 (2), 3-6, 10-8 loss in another match tiebreaker to Gabby Dabrowski and Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada.
In Olympic tennis, first-to-10, win-by-two match tiebreakers are used in place of a traditional third set for all doubles matches.
