And soon after the defeat, Williams offered her support.<\/p>\n
Gauff produced an out-of-sorts display as she was beaten in just 59 minutes by Svitolina to end her hopes of a first Australian Open title.<\/p>\n
After the loss, Gauff took out her frustration on her racquet as she smashed it on her way back to the locker room<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Passion. Caring. Matters. Nothing wrong with hating to lose,” wrote 23-time Grand Slam winner Williams on X.<\/p>\n “Now Coco, when you want, I can show you how to demolish in one swipe\u2026 Serena style.”<\/p>\n Williams\u2019 post was in reply to a message from her husband, Alexis Ohanian, in support of Gauff.<\/p>\n “I love this energy and emotion from Coco Gauff,” he wrote.<\/p>\n “We love sports because it’s raw, because these athletes put their ALL into the battle and sometimes (like life) you don’t win.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Media are gonna spin this private moment for a headline to get some clicks, but Coco did nothing wrong here.”<\/p>\n Gauff admitted “nothing was working”<\/a> as she lost in rapid time to Svitolina.<\/p>\n The two-time Grand Slam champion hit 26 unforced errors to just three winners in a poor display.<\/p>\n She said she “tried to go somewhere where there were no cameras” to take out her frustration on her racquet.<\/p>\n “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.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Otherwise, I’m just going to be snappy with the people around me, and I don’t want to do that, because like I said, they don’t deserve it. They did their best. I did mine. Just need to let the frustration out.”<\/p>\n
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