Coco Gauff brought her usual weapons to her first round victory at the French Open on Monday – her withering groundstrokes, blazing speed and booming serve. The only thing that was missing was perhaps the most important though: her rackets.
The No 2 seed grinned sheepishly when she realised her error just after she stepped on to Court Philippe-Chatrier for her match against Australia’s Olivia Gadecki. “They were supposed to be in my bag,” she told the chair umpire after opening her bag and discovering she had left the rackets in the locker room.
