For an elite sportsperson, there's a fine line between expressing your emotions and letting them get the better of you, and it's a tightrope Victoria Azarenka knows only too well, but as she matures the world No.3 is confident she is finally winning the battle.
Much has been made of the incident earlier this week when Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis not only smashed the racquet he had been using after falling two sets behind in his four-set defeat to Stanislas Warwinka but then added three more to the pile of carnage for good measure.
And there are countless other examples of poor on-court behaviour from players when things have gone against them, arguably the most famous coming in 1990 when 'SuperBrat' John McEnroe was sensationally defaulted for his wild behaviour against Mikael Pernfors at the Australian Open.
Azarenka freely admits that she has been guilty in the past of losing control when things haven't been going her way, leading her to lose her temper and resulting in her share of smashed racquets.
But according to the 22-year-old from Minsk there is definitely a time and place to let it all hang out, just as she did at Hisense Arena on Friday as she was trying to close out her third-round match against German Mona Barthel.
She had already failed to convert a match point on Barthel's serve in the ninth game and was having trouble getting the job done on her own serve in the 10th game as Barthel had a chance along the way to break back.
Already greatly frustrated by her struggle to finish the contest, Azarenka exploded when on her fourth match point a shot from Barthel up the line appeared to land out, only to be called in.
Azarenka threw her arm out, imitating the gesture she was expecting from the line judge but when it didn't come, and she could do nothing about it because she had no challenges remaining, she got steamed up.
Two unforced errors later from Barthel and the match was over, with Azarenka prevailing 6-2 6-4, but that didn't stop her giving the official in question another angry spray rather than actually celebrate the triumph.
Azarenka said afterwards though that her behaviour had been more an attempt to pump herself up to complete the win and that she is confident the petulant ways that have been a part of her game are now a thing of the past.
"I had to get a little bit not angry like in a bad way, just a little bit get my emotions going to finish the match because I had a few chances (but) I didn't convert them," Azarenka said.
"But you know sometimes you just have to push yourself a little bit to get you going again."
"I'm a very emotional player, I mean if you ever watch my matches, I try to control my bad emotions."
"But that wasn't the case really today."
"(My) bad emotions are more in the back days a little bit (now)."
Azarenka has hovered around the top 10 in the world for the past few years, reaching quarter-finals at the French Open and Wimbledon in 2009 and then doing likewise at the Australian Open the following year.
But 2011 was arguably her breakthrough season when she again got to the last four at Roland Garros, reached the semis at Wimbledon and was beaten in