Coco Gauff smashed her tennis racket on the floor after her defeat to Elina Svitolina at the Australian Open Quarterfinals on January 27. The tennis star was visibly upset with her performance as she committed 26 unforced errors and lost the match 6-1, 6-2 in 59 minutes. Post the defeat, she went behind a wall near the court inside the venue to express her frustration in privacy.However, the moment was caught on camera, and videos of Coco smashing her tennis racket went viral on the internet. She called out broadcasters amidst the coverage and said,"I tried to go somewhere where there were no cameras. I kind of have a thing with the broadcast. I feel like certain moments - the same thing happened to Aryna (Sabalenka) after I played her in the final of the US Open - I feel like they don't need to broadcast."In the 2023 US Open Final, Aryna Sabalenka smashed her racket in a training area after she lost the match to Gauff. The incident was also caught on camera."I need to let out that emotion" - Coco Gauff defends herself after smashing her tennis racketWhile speaking to reporters, Coco Gauff reasoned that she needed to let her frustration out and chose to do it privately. Gauff argued that she wasn't aware that they would broadcast it:"I tried to go somewhere where they wouldn't broadcast it, but obviously they did. Maybe some conversations can be had, because I feel like at this tournament the only private place we have is the locker room."Gauff said she wouldn't lash out at her team because she knows they're "good people" and "don't deserve.""I just took the minute to go and do that. I don't think it's a bad thing. Like I said, I don't try to do it on court in front of kids and things like that, but I do know I need to let out that emotion."Coco Gauff explained that she would have been "snappy" with people around her if she didn't express her frustration. Her recent defeat marks the second consecutive year Gauff has been eliminated in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, after her defeat to Paula Badosa in last year's edition.