READ MORE:<\/strong> Feud outed as former champ rips Australian Open villain<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Djokovic sets a date with 'quickest' de Minaur<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n But on Sunday the law change worked against him, and into the hands of young Italian opponent Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n Sinner was struggling \ufeffand down two sets to the Australian Open<\/a> No.3 seed, when he turned to his box and asked how he should deal with Tsitsipas' second serve.<\/p>\n "He's just been instructed by his coaching staff on second serves from Tsitsipas, to stand back," Jim Courier noted on Nine.<\/p>\n "I'm pretty confident that the next time he sees a second serve, he's going to be standing back there as well, and guys, I don't know what you think, but I think it's a good move for him.<\/p>\n "They just told him to go back. Coaching in play here."<\/p>\n Watch the Australian Open live and free on the Nine Network: Channel 9, 9Gem and<\/strong><\/em> 9NOW<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Sure enough, on the next point Sinner stood further back to receive, and the tactic worked so well he broke Tsitsipas to take a lead in the third set.\ufeff<\/p>\n He proceeded to win the set and take the match to a fourth, when a Tsitsipas victory had looked a fait accompli only half an hour earlier.<\/p>\n Sinner then sent the match to a fifth set, before ultimately falling in an epic that last more than four hours.\ufeff<\/p>\n \ufeff"A good decision by the coaching staff," Tood Woodbridge said.<\/p>\n "They've got to be feeling really good."<\/p>\n The decision to make in-game coaching legal divided the sport last year.<\/p>\n Tsitsipas was one vocal supporter of the move, having been penalised during his career for being coached from the stands.<\/p>\n "My coach has not been as discreet as other coaches, but it has been always happening. Trust me, it's happening with almost every single player," Tsitsipas said last year.<\/p>\n "The fact that it's legalised now is going to make tennis a bit more peaceful, make players concentrate more on the game, less on different kind of nonsense."\ufeff<\/p>\n American player Taylor Fritz, on the other hand, was steadfastly on the other side of the argument.<\/p>\n "I really hate it," Fritz said.<\/p>\n "It's not something that should not be a part of our sport."\ufeff<\/p>\n Whether players are for it or against it, there's no doubt the rule change aided Sinner in the fourth round of the Open.<\/p>\n \ufeffFor a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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