"I tried to go somewhere where there were no cameras, the 21-year-old told reporters. I kind of have a thing with the broadcast. I feel like certain moments the same thing happened to Aryna [Sabalenka] after I played her in the final of the US Open I feel like they don't need to broadcast. World number one Sabalenka, who will take on Svitolina in the semifinals, had smashed her racket in a training area after losing to Gauff in the 2023 US Open final, and video of the incident was also made public. I tried to go somewhere where they wouldn't broadcast it, but obviously they did."
"I think for me, 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, Gauff said. I just took the minute to go and do that. I don't think it's a bad thing. Like I said, I don't try to do it on court in front of kids and things like that, but I do know I need to let out that emotion."
Coco Gauff lost to Elina Svitolina in the Australian Open quarterfinals, committing 26 unforced errors in a 6-1, 6-2 defeat lasting 59 minutes. Gauff went behind a wall near the match call area and was filmed repeatedly hitting her racket on the floor. Gauff said she had tried to find a place without cameras and compared the broadcast of her reaction to a prior incident involving Aryna Sabalenka. Gauff requested conversations about player privacy at the tournament, saying the locker room is the only truly private area and that she needed to release emotion without lashing out at her team.
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