Paris – Paris (AP) – Gotera of coconut caused a brief and fun delay in the France open On Tuesday, when he entered the Philippe-Champiter court without his rackets.
Drops He seemed confused before a ball boy ran away minutes later, wore his mint racket backpack.
“That is better,” said the announcer of the court, laughing, applause and smiles of the crowd in the main stadium of the tournament.
Despite the confusion, the Sowed Gobal No. 2 defeated Olivia Gadecki of Australia 6-2, 6-2 in his inaugural party.
The American joked his coach to the missing raquets.
“Honestly, whenever I have been on tour, my coach has always put the rackets in the bag before the game because it is very superstitious,” he said. “I’m blaming my coach. It’s fine.”
Gadecki also found humor in the incident.
“Now that I think about it, it seems that this was the only way I was going to win the game,” he said about the arrival of Gouits’s empty hands. “It was a small fun incident.”
Gound was a 2022 finalist in Roland-Garros and is among the Title contenders again.
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