Kicker: Nowhere to disappear

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MARY REICHARD, HOST: In pro tennis, the cameras follow players everywhere.

Including when they lose.

After a defeat at the Australian Open, Coco Gauff tried to find a quiet place away from the court—out of view.

But there wasn’t one.

Cameras caught her on the way to the locker room, venting her frustration by smashing her racket—footage that quickly went viral.

Later, Gauff explained why she tried to step away in the first place:

AUDIO: I don't try to do it on court in front of kids and things like that, but I do know that I need to let the frustration out.

World No. 2 Iga Świątek says moments like that raise a bigger question.

AUDIO: Are we tennis players, or are we like animals in the zoo?

Świątek’s point is simple: Zoos have closing hours. At modern tennis tournaments, cameras don’t.

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