She was one of the involuntary protagonists of Roland Garros 2023. With the game stopped, she threw a ball to the opposite side of her track side, and it hit directly against the head of a ball boy. The girl cried, a process was triggered that led to the disqualification of the Japanese Miyu Kato and his Indonesian partner Aldila Sutjiadi.
Its rivals, the Spanish Sarah Smiles and the check Marie BouzkovaThey went to the quarterfinals. The tour of Kato and the victim Sutjiadi it was erased from the face of the tournament. Without money and without points, a punishment that she hopes to revoke in the appeal made.
The competent authority explicitly recognized the involuntary nature of the action, which allowed Kato not to be expelled from the tournament, only from the women’s doubles.
Days after publicly apologizing to the girl and her pair of doubles, crying on the track and in the press room, Kato took his revenge, comforting his nightmare days.
The Japanese, help for the German Tim Puetzwas proclaimed champion of the mixed doubles at Roland Garros, defeating the Canadian on center court Bianca Andreescu and the New Zealander Michael Venus by 4-6, 6-4 and 10-6 in the supertiebreak.
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“It’s been a mental challenge, thanks for the messages of support, especially to Aldila and the Indonesian fans. A you smile y Bouzkovahopefully we can meet again and play a great game”, said Kato, who took home a trophy and half the economic prize for the best mixed, 122,000 euros.
2023-06-08 14:35:38
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