Coco Gauff is advocating for player privacy after TV cameras captured her smashing her racket following a loss at the 2026 Australian Open.
“I kind of have a thing with the broadcast,” Gauff, 21, told reporters after her quarterfinal loss to Elina Svitolina on Tuesday, January 27. “I feel like certain moments — the same thing happened to Aryna [Sabalenka] after I played her in the final of [the 2023] U.S. Open I feel like they don’t need to broadcast.”
After Gauff’s loss, cameras followed her into the bowels of Rod Laver Arena, where she turned to head up a ramp, then stopped to smash her rack...
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