‘No Photo, No Speech?’- Hours After Coco Gauff Dragged Madrid Open Organizers, Former Serena Williams’ Coach Lashes Out at ‘Blatant’ Negligence From the Esteemed Event

The Madrid Open competition was brimming with fresh talent and action-packed games. However, something unexpected happened as the competition drew near its end, setting off the WTA’s fury and despair. Following the finals, the women’s doubles finalist was not even given the opportunity to express themselves during the award ceremony. However, following the surprising disclosure, Serena Williams’ old coach, Rennae Stubbs, has identified a further missed chance for the women’s double finalist.

Yesterday, the 19-year-old American tennis player, Coco Gauff, expressed her concern over how she, being the women’s double finalist, was not given an opportunity to speak up during the trophy ceremony. Looking into that issue, a lot of tennis players rallied over the tournament’s discrimination and pointed fingers about having equal opportunities. 

Serena Williams’ former coach raises a new question in the ongoing Madrid Open drama

The 52-year-old Australian coach recently took to her Twitter account to raise a question to the tournament organisers. After looking at a picture of the men’s Doubles finalist that was clicked after the trophy ceremony. The former world number one was not happy seeing that photo. And raised concern about why the women’s doubles players were so ignored during the trophy ceremony. 

The president of the Madrid Tennis Federation recently shared a picture with the men’s doubles finalist. Seeing that the 23-time Grand Slam champions coach outburst her anger in the comment section. She commented, “How can you blatantly ignore the women’s doubles final in so many ways? No photo, no speech?”

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Nevertheless, she shared her discomfort over both issues. And was really not quite happy with the way the women’s finalists were not given a chance to even speak up.. Surprisingly, they were even not given a chance to get pictures for their achievements. 

However, this all started when the world number 5 tennis player recently took to her Twitter account and shared the shocking news about not being able to present herself during the trophy ceremony. 

When Coco Gauff raised the shocking discrimination concern 

The 19-year-old took to Twitter to describe a disappointing happening that occurred during the trophy ceremony. She broke the unexpected news and joked briefly about Pegula, her double partner, for being such a great tennis partner. 

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She also congratulated Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Maia Hadid, the double winners of the Madrid Open, for their outstanding triumph. However, many tennis players, like Ons Jabeur, criticized the competition for not allowing the doubles finalist to speak up after their match after learning about the issue.