Tennis-'Are we animals in the zoo?': Swiatek calls for player privacy at Australian Open


Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 28, 2026 Poland's Iga Swiatek in action during her quarter final match against Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

MELBOURNE, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Iga Swiatek and Novak Djokovic joined a growing ‌chorus of players demanding more privacy off the courts at the Australian Open after cameras captured Coco Gauff in a post-match meltdown that the American said should have ‌been a personal moment.

After Gauff's 59-minute quarter-final defeat by Elina Svitolina, the frustrated American retreated behind a wall near the match call area deep in the bowels ‌of the stadium to repeatedly smash her racquet on the ground.

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