Coco Gauff smashes herself with her tennis racket in bizarre Italy Open incident

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Coco Gauff displayed worrying behaviour during her Italian Open third-round encounter against Solana Sierra this afternoon, striking herself on the head with her racket on two separate occasions.The American third seed's frustrations erupted after she was broken whilst level at 5-5 in the opening set, prompting her to hit her own head with her racket.When the Argentine world number 72 subsequently claimed the set 7-5, Gauff repeated the action, smashing her racket against her head once more as she made her way to the changeover.The raw display of emotion came during what proved a testing afternoon for the 22-year-old.Despite the turbulent start, Gauff managed to turn the contest around emphatically, claiming the second set 6-0 in just thirty minutes whilst conceding only four points on her own serve.The world number four's troubles were far from over, however, as Sierra raced into a 3-0 advantage in the decider, breaking the American twice.Gauff then produced a remarkable fightback,...

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