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Father and coach of Aussie tennis player McCabe allegedly assaulted in Birmingham

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Published 1 week ago

Police are investigating an alleged assault by a staff member on the coach of Australian tennis player James McCabe at a Challenger tournament in Birmingham this week.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mccabe-james/2uDohcK5/"]McCabe[/a] claimed the incident occurred following a dispute between his father Patrick, who serves as the 22-year-old's coach, and a member of the Edgbaston Priory Club grounds staff.[/p][p]The world number 234 said the clash was over the use of practice courts on Monday.[/p][p]Writing on Instagram, McCabe described the altercation as a "[b]serious police-reported player/coach safety incident at the tournament venue.[/b][/p][p]"[b]My account is that he was followed, physically handled by a staff member, and left in pain afterwards.[/b]"[/p][p]West Midlands Police said in a statement: "[b]We received a report of a man being assaulted at a venue in Sir Harrys Road, Birmingham on June 1. No arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing[/b]."[/p][embed guid="64f42fa0-a373-460a-87f5-9622822821a7" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rog1LK520k" social-type="youtube" /][p]McCabe, who was knocked out of the Birmingham event by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/majchrzak-kamil/fPZlNrGS/"]Kamil Majchrzak[/a] on Wednesday, also revealed his father had gone to hospital as a result of the incident at the grass-court tournament.[/p][p]The Lawn Tennis Association, men's governing body the ATP and Edgbaston Priory Club issued a statement that read: "[b]There is an ongoing investigation being led by Edgbaston Priory Club with support from the ATP and LTA in relation to an incident during the Lexus Birmingham Open on Monday, June 1.[/b][/p][p]"[b]This incident involves an allegation made against a member of Edgbaston Priory Club staff by a player's coach and is currently being reviewed by an investigating officer[/b]."[/p][p]smg/dmc[/p]

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