Published 19:33 IST, January 10th 2020

Coco Gauff asks her father to cool down after cursing on live television; watch clip

At the Auckland Classic, 15-year-old Coco Gauff had to tell off her father, Corey for using unparliamentary language. Read to know more about this incident.

Reported by: Akhil Nambiar
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Usually, parents are seen warning ir children to behave mselves, especially in public when y are young children. But things were different during a match at Auckland Classic when 15-year-old Coco Gauff h to control her far, Corey for using unparliamentary langu. incident took place during Gauff's second-round match against Laura Siegemund on Thursday.

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15-year-old Coco Gauff was receiving some coaching from her far after taking first set. A TV microphone picked up conversation. Gauff's far was heard telling her that she did t give free points on her opponent’s ‘damn serve’, which is one correct thing she did throughout set. She immediately said to her far that he must t curse more since he is live on television.

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Corey apologises to Coco Gauff

Coco Gauff's confused far did t understand at first. So, Gauff clarified that he said ‘D-word’ which is unacceptable. ult tried to brush it off, saying ‘Damn’ did t count as a curse. But Coco was having ne of it.

She countered, stating that in some places, word was indeed considered b. Corey couldn’t help but laugh sheepishly and apologise.

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Unfortunately, Gauff lost match against German, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. During post-match media interaction, she felt re was a lot she still needed to learn to play at top level.

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However, she said that she h basic game and hoped to improve with every game she played. 

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(Im credits: Coco Gauff's official Twitter handle)

19:33 IST, January 10th 2020