25 days ago

Serena Williams Backs Coco Gauff, Jokes About Racket-Smashing

Serena Williams defended Coco Gauff after her Australian Open outburst, saying emotion shouldn’t be judged. “You work your whole life for these moments… when it doesn’t happen, it just sucks,” Williams said. The 23-time Slam champion added humor, calling herself “the queen of breaking rackets,” joking Gauff “could’ve improved” — “I do it in one swipe.”