{"id":126680,"date":"2021-09-10T05:21:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T05:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=126680"},"modified":"2021-09-10T14:00:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T14:00:34","slug":"coaching-controversy-rocks-us-open-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=126680","title":{"rendered":"'Coaching' controversy rocks US Open semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"

A coaching controversy has emerged from Leylah Fernandez's sensational US Open semi-final victory over world No.2 Aryna Sabalenka.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 19-year-old took her head-turning, giant-slaying run at Flushing Meadows to new heights today (AEST), storming into the US Open<\/a> final after dispatching Sabalenka 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n

But the scalp didn't come without drama after American tennis great Pam Shiver suggested Fernandez was receiving instructions from her coach during the match.<\/p>\n

One of tennis' most contentious rules, coaches are prohibited from offering any form of coaching during matches.<\/p>\n

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But during the fifth game of the second set with the score locked at 2-2, Shriver noticed that Fernandez's coach and physio appeared to be breaking that very rule.<\/p>\n

"There is a lot of 'third base' coaching going on. Fernandez is up the end near her player's box and the umpire needs to look over there," Shriver said while reporting court-side for ESPN.<\/p>\n

Shriver said she noticed the coach was telling Fernandez to "calm down" and was using "definite signals".<\/p>\n

"Three points ago there was a clear 'calm down' with the hands," she added.<\/p>\n

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"I mean you think about what happened here three years ago," Shriver said, referencing the Serena Williams v Naomi Osaka final in which the 23-time major champion copped a code violation for coaching and then unravelled<\/a>.<\/p>\n

"Any kind of hand signal that puts a message across is coaching, it wasn't encouragement."<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/PHShriver\/status\/1434633434601754626<\/a><\/p>\n

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