The World No. On a day where the rising New York mercury and stifling humidity played havoc with a host of opening round matches, forcing retirements and sparking rule changes from tournament organisers, insult was added to injury for Cornet. Alize Cornet came back to court after 10 minute heat break. Had her fresh shirt on back to front. Changed at back of court. Got a code violation.
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US Open chiefs said they were wrong to sanction French player Alize Cornet for removing her shirt on court, an incident which saw the tournament accused of sexism and double standards. Cornet slipped off her shirt, revealing a black sports bra, after realising she had put it on back-to-front while off court during a 10 minute heat break before the third set of her first round defeat against Sweden's Johanna Larsson. However, there was a storm of criticism for umpire Christian Rask's decision to issue a code violation to year-old Cornet while male players were free to change shirts on court to combat Tuesday's 38C heat. This is not considered a code violation," said organisers in a statement issued Wednesday. Cornet yesterday. We have clarified the policy to ensure this will not happen moving forward. Fortunately, she was only assessed a warning with no further penalty or fine.
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US Open chiefs said they were wrong to sanction French player Alize Cornet for removing her shirt on court, an incident which saw the tournament accused of sexism and double standards. Cornet slipped off her shirt, revealing a black sports bra, after realising she had put it on back-to-front while off court during a 10 minute heat break before the third set of her first round defeat against Sweden's Johanna Larsson. However, there was a storm of criticism for umpire Christian Rask's decision to issue a code violation to year-old Cornet while male players were free to change shirts on court to combat Tuesday's 38C heat. This is not considered a code violation," said organisers in a statement issued Wednesday. Cornet yesterday. We have clarified the policy to ensure this will not happen moving forward. Fortunately, she was only assessed a warning with no further penalty or fine.
