PARIS (AP) —Coco Gauffcaused a brief and amusing delay at theFrench Openon Tuesday when she stepped onto Court Philippe-Chatrier without her rackets. Gaufflooked confused before a ball boy ran out minutes later carrying her pack of mint-colored rackets. "That's better," said the court announcer, drawing laughter, applause and smiles from the crowd in the tournament's main stadium. Despite the mix-up, No. 2-seeded Gauff went on to defeat Australia's Olivia Gadecki 6-2, 6-2 in her opening match. The American jokingly blamed her coach for the missing rackets. "Honestly, as long as I've been on tour, my coach has always put the rackets in the bag before the match because he's very superstitious," she said. "I'm blaming it on my coach. It's OK." Gauff was a 2022 finalist at Roland-Garros and is among thetitle contenders again. ___ AP tennis:https://apnews.com/hub/tennis
Coco Gauff jokes about forgotten rackets after opening win at French Open