{"id":478750,"date":"2024-02-22T05:48:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T09:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=478750"},"modified":"2024-02-22T04:13:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T08:13:41","slug":"gauff-triumphs-through-controversy-reaching-dubai-quarters","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/gauff-triumphs-through-controversy-reaching-dubai-quarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Gauff triumphs through controversy, reaching Dubai quarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling match at the Dubai Tennis Championships, Coco Gauff showcased her resilience, battling through adversity to secure a quarterfinal spot. Facing Karolina Pliskova, Gauff found herself trailing after losing the first set but turned the tide with a determined comeback, winning 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>The turning point came when, leading 4-2 in the second set, Gauff&#8217;s first serve at deuce was called out, only for her successful challenge to result in a replay instead of the awarded point. A heated exchange with chair umpire Pierre Bacchi ensued, as Gauff&#8217;s repeated requests to speak to a supervisor were denied.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IdwTEgGL7JM?si=S7RLnXUdJrEV0aj-\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, Gauff composed herself, winning the replayed point and using the incident as fuel for her performance. Reflecting on the moment, she admitted, &#8220;It definitely gave me some adrenaline. Luckily I was able to overcome that pretty quickly. I&#8217;m glad I was able to reset. I think it just fuelled me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the commonality of mistakes in tennis, Gauff emphasized the importance of staying calm and not letting a single point dictate the outcome. Looking ahead, the third-seeded Gauff is set to face Anna Kalinskaya in the quarterfinals, poised to continue her impressive run in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling match at the Dubai Tennis Championships, Coco Gauff showcased her resilience, battling through adversity to secure a quarterfinal spot. Facing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":478751,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17724],"news_category":[16714,14084],"gn_keywords":[19584],"acf":{"announce":"U.S. Open champion displays grit in overcoming heated umpire dispute against Karolina Pliskova\r\n","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":478753,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478750\/revisions\/478753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478750"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=478750"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=478750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}