Tennis Stars Back Gauff Against Nonstop Filming at Australian Open

January 28, 2026

Coco Gauff wasn’t thrilled about the cameras that caught her smashing her racket after her Australian Open defeat.

The two-time Grand Slam champion thought her outburst was private, but backstage cameras in Rod Laver Arena filmed her breaking a racket on a ramp.

“Certain moments … I feel like they don’t need to broadcast,” Gauff said Monday after her loss in the quarterfinals. “I tried to go somewhere where I thought there wasn’t a camera because I don’t necessarily like breaking rackets.”

Several men’s and women’s tennis stars agreed with Gauff. FRONT OFFICE SPORTS