{"id":1952530,"date":"2026-05-24T10:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1952530"},"modified":"2026-05-24T10:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:15:14","slug":"video-leylah-fernandezs-father-under-fire-over-aggressive-coaching-during-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1952530","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Leylah Fernandez&#8217;s father under fire over aggressive coaching during match"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">VIDEO: Leylah Fernandez\u2019s father under fire over aggressive coaching during match<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/shahidaj\" class=\"text-sm font-normal 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!text-content\">\n                                Leylah Fernandez in action                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Leylah Fernandez\u2019s father and coach has again come in for strong criticism for the way he talked to his daughter during her defeat to Victoria Mboko in Strasbourg.<\/p>\n<p>The two Canadians faced each other in the quarter-finals of the WTA 500 event in France earlier this week and it was the 19-year-old Mboko who came away with a 6-4, 6-4 win in one hour and 31 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Mboko dominated early on as she opened a 5-1 lead in the first set, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/leylah-fernandez\">Fernandez<\/a> managed to fight back as she got one of the service breaks back to reduce the deficit to 5-4 before her compatriot served out the set.<\/p>\n<p>During the changeover, Fernandez\u2019s father, Jorge, had strong words with the world No 24 as he rebuked her for not doing more to put her opponent under pressure with the video circulating on social media.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/emma-navarro-victoria-mbokos-ranking-points-prize-money-wta-500-strasbourg-event\">Emma Navarro and Victoria Mboko\u2019s ranking points and prize money from WTA 500 Strasbourg event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-declares-players-slaves-explains-new-french-open-outlook\">Iga Swiatek declares players are not \u2018slaves\u2019 as she explains new French Open outlook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s the one who works the split step, hits the balls down the line and rushes you. She\u2019s got that style of play\u2026,\u201d he said. \u201cYou are playing with fear and you don\u2019t want to admit it. You try to attack the ball and [inaudible].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many times do they have to hit those shots in your face for you to wake up? How many? Out, out, out, out, at the net out and I have to tell you to work the ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to establish your game, impose your game by working the ball, staying low, more spin, more spin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have so many open down the line shots and you throw them all away, you throw them all away, you don\u2019t want to listen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe slice, you hit a good slice and then don\u2019t do anything else, the point she lost was over there, the ball was this high. From a good slice, you don\u2019t hit another slice again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez peaked at No 13 in the WTA Rankings in 2022 with that coming on the back of her run to the final of the 2021 US Open when she finished runner-up to Emma Raducanu.<\/p>\n<p>She also reached the quarter-final of the 2022 French Open, but has failed to make it past the third round of a Grand Slam since then.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old has won five WTA Tour singles titles with the last coming in October 2025 at the Japan Women\u2019s Open.<\/p>\n<p>Mboko, meanwhile, is considered one of the hottest prospects in women\u2019s tennis and currently sits at No 9 in the rankings. She has won two titles with the biggest coming at the WTA 1000 Canadian Open last August.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>here\u2019s the video of the full exchange. she stood there listening to him say stuff like:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cyou\u2019re afraid and you don\u2019t want to admit it\u2026how long until you wake up? out out out, in the net, out\u2026you don\u2019t want to listen\u2026do you want to play tennis or not?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Slu6E1x169\">https:\/\/t.co\/Slu6E1x169<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3DO0ge495p\">pic.twitter.com\/3DO0ge495p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\udfbenebby\ud83c\udfbe (@1gamesetmatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1gamesetmatch\/status\/2057614777669795880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jorge Fernandez, who has been criticised on social media for his coaching methods, added: \u201cDo you want to play tennis or not? It\u2019s not more complicated than that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis girl is a top-10 player, solid, solid, she makes quarter-finals of Grand Slams, something you haven\u2019t done in the last four years. If you want to get back to that level, you have to get the points, keep your head and have confidence, accelerate everything more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time Jorge has come under fire as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/news\/leylah-fernandez-father-comments-barbara-schett\">former world No 7 Barbara Schett also raised questions<\/a> about his behaviour in February 2025 stating, \u201cthe way he treats his daughter is insane\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIDEO: Leylah Fernandez\u2019s father under fire over aggressive coaching during match Shahida Jacobs 24 May 2026 11:15 AM Leylah Fernandez in action Leylah Fernandez\u2019s father and coach has again come in for strong criticism for the way he talked to his daughter during her defeat to Victoria Mboko in Strasbourg. 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