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Gauff Renews Call for Grand Slam Camera Limits After Alcaraz’s Critique

The push challenges expanding behind-the-scenes coverage that players say intrudes on private moments.

Overview

  • Coco Gauff, speaking before her Stuttgart opener, urged Grand Slams to post clear signs and to restrict what backstage footage gets aired.
  • Carlos Alcaraz recently said camera access in so-called private areas has become too much and asked for spaces where players are not filmed.
  • The current flare-up traces to January at the Australian Open, when broadcasters aired footage of Gauff smashing a racket in a corridor.
  • Gauff cited sensitive moments at risk, including her pre-match prayers and a lack of gender-neutral private spaces, and pointed to cameras zooming on players’ phones.
  • No tournament or broadcaster has announced changes, and Gauff noted the WTA cannot set policy for the independently run Grand Slams.