Coco Gauff wants more privacy for players after Australian Open exit

Coco Gauff called for more privacy for players after she was caught on camera smashing her racket following a shock Australian Open quarter-final loss to Elina Svitolina.

Svitolina needed just 59 minutes to swat aside an out-of-sorts Gauff 6-1 6-2, and she is through to the last four at Melbourne Park for the first time at the age of 31.

Gauff’s disappointment was clear as she walked quickly off court, and she admitted she tried to find a place without cameras to take her frustration on her racket, smashing it repeatedly on the ground.

Coco Gauff releases her frustrations after a disappointing defeat in the Australian Open quarter-finals