CoCo Guaff reveals she was involved in 'mini' car wreck during trip to French Open match

American tennis prima Coco Gauff’s travel to Roland Garros for her French Open opener took a frightening turn.

"We got successful a mini car mishap connected my mode to the tract today," Gauff told TNT Sports connected Tuesday with a laughter aft defeating chap American Taylor Townsend successful the opening circular successful Paris.

Gauff continued recounting the hectic travel to Roland Garros, saying, "We ran into a pole. You could consciousness the impact. I spilled my foodstuff each implicit the car."

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Coco Gauff of the United States smiles during a signifier league earlier the 2026 French Open astatine Roland Garros successful Paris connected May 23, 2026. (Dan Istitene/Getty Images)

Gauff yet had to find alternate proscription to marque it to Roland Garros. Once she safely arrived connected the iconic reddish clay, she precocious to the 2nd circular with a straight-sets triumph implicit Townsend, 6-4, 6-0, to acceptable up a Thursday matchup with Egypt’s Mayar Sherif.

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"The car was not drivable. So we ended up taking a taxi," Gauff added.

US Coco Gauff plays a forehand instrumentality to US Taylor Townsend during their women's singles lucifer connected time 3 of the French Open astatine Court Philippe-Chatrier successful Paris connected May 26, 2026. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images)

Gauff started her lucifer earlier than expected erstwhile determination was a status successful different lucifer connected Court Philippe-Chatrier.

"And past close earlier I went onto court, my formal got stuck, truthful my physio was successful the bath trying to assistance maine instrumentality it off," Gauff said. "It was an eventful day. But I consciousness similar whenever that happens, it lets you not deliberation astir the lucifer excessively much. I'm conscionable blessed to beryllium present successful 1 piece."

Coco Gauff hits a backhand instrumentality to Taylor Townsend during their women's singles lucifer connected time 3 of the French Open astatine Court Philippe-Chatrier successful Paris connected May 26, 2026. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP)

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Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka successful past year’s French Open last to seizure the 2nd Grand Slam rubric of her career. She won her archetypal astatine the 2023 U.S. Open successful New York.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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