Coco Gauff thought she was about to head out on the court to play her second-round match at the French Open.
"I was probably about 70% done with my warmup," last year's runner-up at Roland Garros would say later.
Made sense: In the contest preceding hers in Court Suzanne Lenglen on June 1, No. 8 seed Jannik Sinner was serving for the victory while up 5-4 in the fourth set against Daniel Altmaier. Then Sinner was one point away. Except he couldn't convert that match point — he had a chance for a putaway overhead, and instead basically sent the ball right at Altmaier, whose forehand in response hit the top of the net tape and fluttered past Sinner — or another that arrived soon after.
