Venus Williams enjoys players getting frustrated and smashing racquets: "This is all my doing, I'm the puppet master"

Venus Williams admitted in a recent talk on her YouTube channel that she enjoys seeing players smash their racquets.

While Williams is not endorsing smashing racquet or anything like that it makes her feel good because she understands that the other players is not happy with the way they are playing. It's something that's been present forever in tennis and actually, the younger generation of players isn't so much concerned about the pristine image of tennis.

More and more players are speaking out about allowing players to show emotions rather than suppressing everything and making the game robotic. For Williams, it's mostly something that shows her that she's frustrating the opponent which makes her feel good:

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"I love to see someone smash their racquet, especially against me. It's like, 'Oh, just come, go ahead, go come undone, just unravel', and it's like this is all my doing and I am like I am the puppet master. You know, like I am Geppetto"

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