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French tennis player accuses former coach of sexual assault

Fiona Ferro has won two WTA titles and reached a career-high ranking of 39th in March 2021, but has now slipped to 259th. Picture: Michel Euler AP

A professional tennis player from France who reached a career-high ranking of No. 39 last year has accused her former coach of rape and sexual assault.

The French Tennis Federation said in a statement Saturday that it is "standing by" Fiona Ferro, a 25-year-old who lost in qualifying at the U.S. Open last week, "in the proceedings she has initiated against her former coach, Pierre Bouteyre."

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