"From what I saw, I am gonna switch to pickleball" - Tennis fans troll journalist for calling Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu 'future of tennis'

American tennis sensation Coco Gauff was twice a point away from being pushed into the third set by Emma Raducanu at the 2023 Australian Open. But she eventually held her nerve to win the first head-to-head match between the two youngsters.

In a slow-burning battle that saw the intensity and quality surge in the final minutes, Gauff overcame Raducanu 6-3, 7-6(4) to advance to the third round of the Major at Melbourne Park.

Immediately after the match, renowned tennis journalist and commentator David Law took to Twitter to call the youngsters "the future of tennis." Law added that he would "happily" see them compete in another 20 Grand Slam matches.

"If this is the future of tennis, it looks pretty good to me. Happily watch another 20 Raducanu vs. Gauff GS matches," Law wrote.

But many tennis fans did not see it that way, and rushed to Twitter to disagree with him. One user stated that after seeing the match, they would rather watch pickleball in the future.

"Really? cause from what I saw I was thinking that I am gonna switch to pickleball in the future," the user wrote.

Another user questioned the journalist's remarks, claiming that the match was a "mid-off" -- below average and unexciting, in other words.

"Really because that was a mid off," the user wrote.

Here are a few more reactions from fans:

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"It was really tough to kind of fight, I was just trying to hang in there" - Coco Gauff after her win over Emma Raducanu

Coco Gauff in action at the 2023 Australian Open

Meanwhile, Coco Gauff stated in her post-match press conference that the match against Emma Raducanu was tough for her as the conditions were pretty different from her opening-round encounter at the Australian Open.

"I think it was a tough match for me, like with the conditions, a lot different from my first-round match, playing 11:00 in the day with the roof open to playing at night in, like, heavy conditions," Gauff said.

She went on to say that while she believes she has performed well, she still has things to improve with her gameplay.

"It was really tough to kind of fight. In a lot of those points I was just trying to hang in there. For the most part I think I did well today. There's things I can improve on. There's no way you can go through a whole tournament playing every match perfect, so I think it's all about being resilient when you need to," Coco Gauff said.