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Aug 30, 2021; Flushing, NY, USA; Coco Gauff of the United States hits to Magda Linette of Poland on day one of the 2021 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports
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Aug 30, 2021; Flushing, NY, USA; Coco Gauff of the United States hits to Magda Linette of Poland on day one of the 2021 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports
American tennis star Coco Gauff has done exceedingly well this year. The 18-year-old has shown great consistency and is getting rewards in the form of ranking points. The World number four also earned her first qualification for the year-end WTA Finals. However, she has not done well in the tournament so far.
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Playing in the round-robin league of the WTA Finals, Gauff has performed poorly and lost all three of her matches. The latest one is an absolute drubbing from Iga Swiatek. However, she still has earned points in the last three matches. This did not go well with the fans. Here’s how they reacted.
Fans fume over silly WTA Finals ranking points rule
In the ongoing WTA Finals, the players receive 125 points irrespective of the result of the match. This way, Gauff has earned 375 points even after losing three straight matches at the WTA Finals. Visibly unhappy with the rule and its outcome, a few fans expressed their disappointment on Twitter. Here’s how they reacted.
Pointing out the flaw, a fan tweeted:
375 points for going winless at YEC is Gauff’s THIRD BEST result of the year.
— Oleg S. (@AnnaK_4ever) November 6, 2022
Replying to the above stats, another fan wrote,
It's genuinely embarrassing
— Baz (@Bartolo_Utd) November 6, 2022
Another fan came up with a justification.
Eh thats not bad at all. Iga did the same thjng pretty much when she was 18 and 19 and she didnt really accumulate titles, had bout same amount titles as Coco at same age she is now. It was all bout getting higher ranking points, seemed like the plan worked. She will end no7
— cajuns (@cajuns2000) November 6, 2022
LMMFAO.
forget the fact that she played some of the worst tennis that u'll ever see by a top 10 player all week
— rick marsonet (@RMarsonet) November 6, 2022
They didn't say anything regarding that stat😭😭
— t 🜃 (@tal_455) November 6, 2022
A fan suggested a few changes in the point awarding system.
Agreed 375 points for 3 losses against 750 points for 3 wins does not seem reasonable. Participation points for all 3 marches should not exceed 100 points and a match win could be better rewarded. https://t.co/pdzUUMBPHk
— AM22PM (@AM22PM) November 6, 2022
A fraud https://t.co/CMZjRlQZas
— dan (@dansFZZ) November 6, 2022
Another fan reacted,
👇 isso aqui é bizarro.
essa quantidade de ponto no torneio pra alguém que apenas *perdeu* três jogos é simplesmente absurda. https://t.co/tbw33FvXZc
— Slice De Direita Da Silva (@SliceDaSilva) November 6, 2022
Iga Swiatek thrashes Coco Gauff yet again
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World number 1 Iga Swiatek and World number 4 Coco Gauff clashed for the fifth time in the last two years. The story seems to be the same as Gauff. Every time she faces Swiatek, the 18-year-old has seemed pretty helpless. In another one-sided contest at the WTA Finals, Swiatek absolutely thrashed Gauff in straight sets.
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Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – June 4, 2022 Cori Gauff of the U.S. poses with trophy after losing the women’s singles final match against Poland’s Iga Swiatek REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
While Gauff showed some resistance in the first set that Swiatek took 6-3, she was absolutely clueless in the second set. World number one handed her another bagel and won the match easily.
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Not very long ago, a similar thing happened in the quarterfinals of the San Diego Open. While Gauff is a great player herself, it will be interesting to see if she can overcome this streak and register her first win against the Pole in the near future.
