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Tennis is a very popular sport globally. It is especially popular in the European countries. Views regarding on-court coaching varies. It is either have coaching or have no coaching at all. The middle ground point of view is that it is alright to have coaching in women’s tennis, but not males, or vice versa. There is no specific time period when on-court coaching issue became an issue. It was a gradual thing where there was really no concern with what’s going on and then as time went by, there were little whispers here and there about on-court coaching. The biggest contribution to the issue was when coaching was introduced to the WTA.1 (Women’s Tennis Association) in 2008 (Vach, Tennis Game Changer: WTA on On-Court Coaching, Data Pro-Con.) Most globally popular sports allow coaching. The high ranked professional tennis players are interested in ridding tennis of coaching. Most commentators of tennis matches also detest coaching. Even though most of the higher ranked players are against coaching, the key word is most, not all. There are high ranked players who are strong advocates for coaching. With each year that passes by, there are bound to be changes. The USTA is going to allow on-court coaching because players break the rule anyways, therefore; they are going to legalize it because people do it anyways.2( Wertheim, Mailbag: The Case Against On-Court Coaching). Jon Wertheim believes that allowing on-court coaching only makes the players look weak and pathetic. The players get too dependent on their coach and before you know it, they’re not able to play a match without the guidance of a coach. He also believes that due to the absence of coaching during the grand slam finals, it causes the women’s results to be inconsistent. There is no clear idea of who is the best among the women because there is not one woman who is constantly at the top3( Jonathan, An Open Letter to On Court Coaching.) Daren Cahill, another anti-coaching spokesperson, is the coach of the world number one player Simona Halep. He claims that having on-court coaching is not necessary. He states that on-court coaching makes players too reliant on it4( Agler, The On-Court Coaching Debate in Tennis). Mary Carillo, a commentator and former player, detest the idea of on-court coaching. On-court coaching does not make for good tv. Also, “If the player can’t figure out how to win on her own, then she should lose.5( Bondy, Player (on the Court) Gets Input From Coach (in the Stands).” Novak Djokovic, ranked world number twelve, due to injuries this season, has a different viewpoint. He believes on-court coaching should not only be limited to the WTAs, but that it should be extended to the ATPs.6( Association of Tennis Professionals) as well. In addition to allow coaching, he believes players should have headsets that allows players to communicate with their coaches through it. The headsets will be sponsored by a company, and the tennis community can make money from the sponsorships and put the money towards other aspects of tennis that can be improved.7( Tandon, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic Differ on On-Court Coaching). Kevin Anderson, another professional male tennis player, believes also that on-court coaching should be extended to the ATPs. The on-court coaching rule was given a trial run during the U.S. Open qualifier rounds this year. This is the first time that coaching has been allowed during the qualifiers for a grand slam tournament. The coaches can give a new perspective on how to overcome a bump in the road.8 (Clarey, Hear This Out: Cherish Silence From Coaches in the Stands). Other than players who want to get rid of coaching all together or players who just want to extend coaching to ATP players too, there are also players who are trying to extend coaching to women’s grand slam matches too. One player being Sverlana Kuznetsova. She is ranked number sixth in the world. She believes that if coaching is allowed in the tour tournaments of the WTA, why not just allow it during the grand slams also? The coaches are being paid a lot of money to coach. It is only reasonable that the coaches work more considering how much they are paid. She also believes that it will be interesting for the fans to see the dynamic between the players and their coaches.9 (Rumsby, Women’s Singles In-Match Coaching Controversy Escalates as Garbiñe Muguruza Reaches Semi-Finals).