Paris, May 27 -- Coco Gauff overcame an "eventful" start to her French Open title defence - dealing with a "mini car accident" and a dress malfunction before securing a first-round win.
The American fourth seed opened her campaign with a routine 6-4 6-0 victory over compatriot Taylor Townsend. But it was the drama off the court that left Gauff with the more memorable story.
"We got in a mini car accident on our way to the site today," she told TNT Sports.
"There was this pole thing and it was supposed to go down and the police told him [the driver] to go and we ran into it.
"You felt an impact, I spilled my juice all over the car." Gauff said the car was "not driveable" afterwards and her team had to make alternative travel arrangements...