{"id":534,"date":"2026-01-27T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/?p=534"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:52:18","slug":"gauff-blasts-broadcasters-over-privacy-after-australian-open-racket-smash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/?p=534","title":{"rendered":"Gauff blasts broadcasters over privacy after Australian Open racket smash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gauff blasts broadcasters over privacy after Australian Open racket smash<\/h1>\n

Coco Gauff, who lost to Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, was filmed smashing her racket.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

Coco Gauff of the United States reacts during her quarterfinal tennis match against Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina during the Australian Open [Hollie Adams\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Coco Gauff looked for a place without cameras to channel her frustration after a straight-sets loss to Elina Svitolina in the Australian Open<\/a> quarterfinals, but was unhappy to find out that a video of her smashing her tennis racket \u2060on the floor was broadcast to viewers worldwide.<\/p>\n

Twice Grand Slam winner Gauff was visibly upset \u200bwith her performance on Tuesday<\/a>, as she committed 26 unforced errors and \u200dlost the match 6-1 6-2 in 59 minutes.<\/p>\n

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The American third seed went behind a wall near the match call area inside the venue, where a camera caught her hitting the racket repeatedly against the floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI \u200dtried to go \u2060somewhere where there were no cameras,\u201d the 21-year-old told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI kind of have a thing with the broadcast. I feel like certain moments \u2013 the same thing happened to Aryna [Sabalenka] after I played her in the final of the US Open \u2013 I feel like they don\u2019t need to broadcast.\u201d<\/p>\n

World number one Sabalenka, who will take on Svitolina in the semifinals, had smashed her racket in a training area after \u200blosing to Gauff in the 2023 US Open final, and video \u200cof the incident was also made public.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to go somewhere where they wouldn\u2019t broadcast it, but obviously they did. Maybe some conversations can be had, because I feel like at this tournament the only private \u200cplace we have is the locker room,\u201d Gauff added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for me, I know myself, and I don\u2019t want to lash out \u200con my team. They\u2019re good people. They don\u2019t deserve \u2060that, and I know I\u2019m emotional,\u201d Gauff said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just took the minute to go and do that. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a bad thing. Like I said, I don\u2019t try to do it on court in front of \u200ckids and things like that, but I do know I need to let out that emotion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOtherwise, I\u2019m just going to be snappy with the people around me, and I don\u2019t want \u200dto do that, because like I said, they don\u2019t deserve it. They did their best. I did mine. Just need to let the frustration out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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