Australian Open boss Craig Tiley urges the sport to fix coaching problem

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has urged world tennis chiefs to lock in a position on in-match coaching in light of the stormy US Open women's final.

Tiley says the rise of Japanese winner Naomi Osaka is only good news for his tournament, badged as the grand slam of the Asia-Pacific.

Speaking at a major sponsorship announcement for the Australian Open, Tiley refused to be critical of Williams, instead referring to the first judgment that started the spiral.

"It all centred around coaching ... the sport has to really get itself sorted out on what it does with coaching," Tiley said.

"Are we going to have coaching? Are we not going to have coaching? What is it going to look like?

"The sport needs to get together and sort it out.

"Once that's sorted out, we don't have the issue."

Tiley, who spent a decade coaching College tennis in the United States, said he was a personal advocate for allowing some coaching.

A three-year partnership between the Australian Open and Infosys was announced in Melbourne on Monday and Tilley explained his excitement at the news.

"Partnering with Infosys is an exciting next step in our ongoing quest to innovate the Australian Open and engage new audiences across the world," Tiley said.

"We have long understood the importance of using data and insights to improve connections with our fans, players, coaches and the rest of the tennis community and we look forward to working with Infosys to change the way we all experience our great sport in the future."

Australian ace Thanasi Kokkinakis, who was speaking alongside Tilley at the announcement, disagreed with his opinion on the sport's coaching saga, after experiencing it during US Open qualifiers earlier this year.

"It was a bit strange in US Open (qualifiers)," Kokkinakis said.

"I know they're always looking to evolve the sport ... I'm comfortable with how it is.

"The rule is a little grey.

"The sooner they sort that out, the better for everyone."

Kokkinakis took a pass when asked when asked whether he believed chair umpires acted differently towards male and female players, a central contention of Williams.

Tiley said he didn't expect the 23-time grand slam winner to be treated differently at Melbourne Park next January.