ORLANDO – The United States Tennis Association has again lost in Orlando federal court, as a judge has refused to change the $9 million verdict awarded to a woman who was sexually assaulted by her coach.

Judge Paul Byron on Aug. 16 rejected the USTA’s motion for judgment, new trial or remittitur, leaving in place the nine-figure verdict reached May 6 in Kylie McKenzie’s lawsuit. She alleged escalating physical contact from her USTA coach culminated in sexual assault on a court he had specifically picked to be out of view from others.

That coach, Anibal Aranda, was not named as a defendant. The lawsuit instead alleges USTA fails to protect players.