‘Animals in the zoo’: Iga Swiatek backs Coco Gauff over Australian Open privacy concerns

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Source: theguardian.com
‘Animals in the zoo’: Iga Swiatek backs Coco Gauff over Australian Open privacy concerns
  • American was caught on camera smashing racket following defeat

  • ‘It would be nice to have some privacy,’ says Polish second seed

Iga Swiatek backed up Coco Gauff’s complaints about a lack of privacy at the Australian Open by claiming tennis players are treated like zoo animals.

Gauff sought a spot away from public view to let her frustration out by smashing a racket following her quarter-final loss to Elina Svitolina on Tuesday, only to find out she was on camera after all.

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