Novak Djokovic says he empathizes with Coco Gauff, ‘It’s really sad that you can’t move away anywhere and hide and fume out your frustration… I’m surprised we have no cameras while we’re taking a shower’ “I see with what happened with Coco after her match. Look, I empathize with her. I know what it feels like to break a racquet. I’ve done it a few times in my career. I know how it is to be frustrated, particularly after a match where you underperform. And I agree with her. It’s really sad that you can’t move away anywhere and hide and fume out your frustration, your anger.. in a way that won’t be captured by a camera. But we live in a society where content is everything. It’s a deeper discussion. It’s really hard for me to see the trend changing in the opposite direction, meaning we take out cameras. It’s only going to be as it is or even more cameras. I’m surprised we have no cameras while we’re taking a shower. That’s probably the next step 😂. I’m against it. I think there should be a limit and a borderline where this is our space. But people, commercially, there’s always a demand. How players warm up, what do they say when they speak to their coaches, what’s their cool down… they wanna see us arriving in the car and walking through corridors. You gotta be careful. I remember the time when we didn’t have so many cameras. Getting used to having an eye that you don’t hear that you sometimes forget about, always on you, is frightening. At times you wanna relax and be yourself in a sense that you don’t want the public to see. It’s really hard for me to see that that’s going backwards. It’s just something I guess we have to accept.” (via Australian Open Press)
