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Gauff’s racket rage fallout: are players right to feel like they’re on Big Brother? | Tumaini Carayol
After the American’s venting went viral, players’ privacy has become a serious issue and deserves to be respected regardless of their income
The court access corridor at Melbourne Park is buried inconspicuously underneath the tournament grounds. A long, spacious walkway, it connects the east and west points of the vast Australian Open venue, allowing competitors to move unaccosted between the courts, player areas and media facilities. Right in the middle of the corridor, a large pair of automatic doors open up to the various private player areas.
Those same doors also lead straight to the entrance of Rod Laver Arena. On Tuesday, in the immediate aftermath of her excruciating 6-1, 6-2 loss to Elina Svitolina, Coco Gauff removed a racket from her bag, exited the double doors into the vacant corridor and up a ramp that she believed was hidden by a wall. She then proceeded to obliterate her racket on the concrete floor. Two days later, the force of that racket smash continues to reverberate around the tour.
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Serena Williams backs Coco Gauff’s AO racquet smash, offers to show her one swipe "Serena style"
"Nothing wrong with hating to lose," wrote the 23-time major winner in support of her countrywoman.
Coco Gauff tried to let out her emotions in private following a 6-1, 6-2 quarterfinal defeat to Elina Svitolina on Tuesday at the Australian Open.
While the No. 3 seed found her way to an empty space behind closed doors, cameras nevertheless still captured her smashing a racquet.
“Maybe some conversations can be had, because I feel like at this tournament the only private place we have is the locker room,” she would later express in a press conference.
I know myself, and I don't want to lash out on my team. They're good people. They don't deserve that, and I know I'm emotional. Coco Gauff
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