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Austin WTA Tournament Sets up 'Rage Room' for Players to Blow Off Steam
The ATX Open launched a private rage room for players to relieve stress after Coco Gauff's off-court outburst sparked debate about privacy and player pressure.
- On Feb 26, the WTA 250 ATX Open in Austin, Texas unveiled a player "rage room" as a private, camera-free outlet, calling it "the first of its kind" on social media.
- Following the viral broadcast of the off-court outburst, Gauff criticized tennis authorities for privacy breaches after smashing her racket at Melbourne Park last month.
- The ATX Open's rage room features encouraging signs and shattered-racket images to guide private venting, with early exits by Venus Williams and Bianca Andreescu suggesting some players have used it.
- Dubai Tennis Championships organisers set up a "Smash Room" truck for fans this week and invited Shang Juncheng to try it out on camera, with Shang calling it "loud and intense but in a good way."
- The ATX Open framed the room as acknowledging the sport's psychological intensity, with Gauff explaining, `I tried to go somewhere where I thought there wasn't a camera, because I don't necessarily like breaking rackets.
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"In this room, the first of its kind, players can retreat to express their frustrations or emotions in a safe, camera-free zone," the organization said.
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Rage Rooms and Privacy: Innovating Stress Relief in Tennis Tournaments
The ATX Open has introduced a 'rage room' for players to vent frustrations away from the cameras, inspired by Coco Gauff's racquet-breaking outburst at the Australian Open. This innovation comes amid calls from players like Novak Djokovic for more off-court privacy. Reactions are mixed on promoting physical venting.
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