The second semi-final of the French Open between Coco Gauff and Martina Trevisan quickly became tense in the opening set with the American complaining about her opponent's grunting. Gauff, as polite as ever, approached the umpire, Marijana Veljovic, in just the second game of the last-four encounter on Court Philippe-Chatrier to express her discomfort with the loud noises on shots coming from the other side of the net.
Ad/> The 18-year-old told Veljovic about the situation at deuce in the second game after a particularly loud point with Trevisan planting a shot into the net and letting out a roar of frustration in the process. Roland-Garros‘I believe in myself’ – Gauff says fresh mindset is spurring best-ever run31/05/2022 AT 15:37 The exchange went as follows: Gauff: “Too loud or no?” Veljovic: “I’m going to talk to her… when I have a chance.” Gauff: “Yeah, I normally don’t care but when I’m hitting it she is still screaming.” Eurosport commentator Simon Reed said in reaction: “Yeah, it’s the length of the noise that Trevisan is making rather than the velocity of the noise.
It’s halfway between a grunt and a scream.” Annabel Croft added a note of appreciation for how Gauff handled the situation so politely and maturely: “It was said very nicely wasn’t it.” Mauresmo apologises after scheduling row and says comments taken ‘out of context’ 'It's not good for his soul' — Reaction to war of words between Rune and Ruud 'I try to treat every match the same' — Swiatek makes short work of Kasatkina to power into final It was a busy opening set for Veljovic as several line calls were disputed and she had some tricky decisions to make under pressure. One exchange between the umpire and Trevisan went as follows: Umpire: “Yes,
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