“Beyond ridiculous” – Coco Gauff’s coach Brad Gilbert throws shade at Paula Badosa for using unfair tactics in their Italian Open 4R battle

Coco Gauff’s coach Brad Gilbert threw shade at Paula Badosa by seemingly insinuating that Badosa was intentionally catching her ball tosses to delay her serve. He opined that this action should get a time violation.Gilbert frequently shares his opinion on his X (formerly Twitter) account. After Gauff defeated the Spaniard in a 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 comeback victory, he took to X to share his thoughts about the match. He said that catching ball tosses should result in a time violation. He also pointed out that it was a disadvantage to the returner.

The serve clock is reset as the server tosses the ball in the air and hence the player is not charged with time violation if they attempt the toss again.Players catch the ball toss for several reasons, including bad ball toss, interruption while serving, windy weather conditions, etc. During Gauff’s match with Badosa, the weather conditions were windy which could have been a reason for catching the ball toss.