The Japanese apologized and said that the points and prizes were withdrawn. And there was outrage from several tennis players.
the japanese Miyu Kato and the indonesian Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified this Sunday from their match for the women’s doubles tournament in Roland Garros, after the Japanese tennis player inadvertently hit a ball boy with a ball. The ball hit her neck and the girl couldn’t stop crying from the shock and pain.
It happened in the second set of the duel on court 14 at Roland Garros when Kato, without it being in play, took a ball off the court with his racket and it hit the ball boy, who was not paying attention to what was happening on the court. other side of the field.
In the first instance, after the rivals, the Czech Marie Bouzkova and the Spanish Sara Sorribes Tormo warned them, the chair umpire Alexandre Juge decreed a warning to Kato. But after Remy Azemar, the tournament’s chief judge, and Wayne McEwen, the Grand Slam supervisor, came to the court to find out what had happened, Kato and Sutjiadi were disqualified. Bouzkova and Sorribes Tormo were declared the winners.
Kato’s release
“I would like to sincerely apologize to the ball boy, my teammate Aldila and team and supporters for today’s unfortunate mishap. It was completely unintentional. As a result, RG penalizes me by forfeiting prize money and points. I appreciate all of your continued support! !” Kato posted on his Twitter account.
Kato’s tweet had dozens of responses and most were signs of support. “Crazy decision. I really feel sorry for you, but many players (except Marie and Sara obviously) are supporting you,” said the French tennis player. Alize Cornet pointing against the attitude of the rivals, who were the ones who notified the chair umpire.
“Head high Miyu, unfortunate incident, terrible decision by the referees and even worse by your opponents,” supported the Brazilian tennis player Bruno Soares.
“Ma’am, you are acting with empathy and grace, but I think you have nothing to apologize for. It saddens me that they have taken away the opportunity to advance further,” he remarked. Paul McNameeformer Australian player who also served as CEO of the Australian Open and Hopman Cup.
The look of the rivals
“It’s a bad situation for everyone,” Bouzkova said. “But it is something that, I assume, adheres to the regulations. And although it is something very unfortunate for them… it is a decision that corresponds to the judge”.
Bouzkova said she did not see the ball hit the ball girl, but that the girl “was crying for 15 minutes.”
He added that one of the officials explained that the ball “must do some kind of damage to the affected person” and that, “initially, (Juge) did not notice.”
Bouzkova mentioned that she and Sorribes Tormo told Juge “to find out more about what happened and to ask our rivals their opinion about what happened.”
Recent and heavy history
During the victory of Coco Gauff A 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-1 win over Mirra Andreeva on Saturday, the Russian lobbed a ball into the Suzanne Lenglen Stadium stands after dropping a point in the first set. The Russian received a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct, but nothing more.
“I am aware of that. I didn’t see it,” Bouzkova said. “I suppose it depends on the circumstances and they are things that can happen… without a doubt it is something complicated.”
In another notorious incident that occurred three years ago in the round of 16 of the US Open, Novak Djokovic was disqualified from his match against Pablo Carreño-Busta after hitting a linesman in the throat with a ball.
Source: agencies
2023-06-05 02:38:56
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