ATP – Finals > Taylor Fritz's radical counter-proposal: “There should be microphones in the players' box. And if the coach goes beyond simple encouragement, you are immediately penalized. That's how it is let's solve the problems”

With the wind rising against the authorization of match coaching from the stands, a reform definitively adopted by the ITF a few weeks ago, Taylor Fritz is not giving up.

After explaining why he was against with solid arguments, the American went even further by making a real counter‐proposal and a response to all those who explained that it was better to authorize coaching since the ban was not not respected by coaches.

“I think a lot of the reason they made that rule in the first place is that they were kind of intimidated because a lot of people were breaking the rules anyway and still coaching for the matches. In my opinion, I think there should be microphones in the players' box. I think there should be someone controlling the microphones. The rules should be very, very strict and if a coach goes beyond encouraging you are immediately penalized. This is how we solve problems. This is how there is no coaching. Players must fend for themselves. This is, as I said, one of the great advantages of Tennis. »

Published on Tuesday November 12, 2024 at 4:36 p.m.