Women’s world no.45 Coco Vandeweghe may have put in an early contender for meltdown of the US Open after an on-court tantrum ended with a smashed racket.
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Mattek-Sands wore an orange skirt and shoelaces to match her fluorescent ponytail as she absolutely dominated fellow American CoCo Vandeweghe on Tuesday afternoon.
[YouTube, h/t For the Win]. “I took frustration out on the racket”. The 30-year-old Mattek-Sands won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.
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“I was laughing when she was doing it,” Mattek-Sands said. She also said she watched the incident several times on television and said she did it out of nervous energy and pent-up frustration. “I let it rip”. When a podiatrist made a joke about her being angry because she was hungry – a play on Snickers’ slogan – she said it was a good joke. The clip was already all over the Internet and TV and many other players told her about it in the locker room. “I definitely was thinking ahead and looking into the future than I was looking into the present, which I’m probably the most disappointed in myself. I was looking into the future”. “I thought she was done and she just kept going”.
