This is the beautiful story of the weekend offered by social networks and internet. Since Thursday, August 28, the world of tennis has been in turmoil. The fault of the distressing behavior of an adult against a young child. What happened? Thursday evening, after having beaten the Russian Karen Khachanov in five sets in the second round of the US Open, the Pole Kamil Majchrzak offered a crowd, signing autographs on the channel on the edge of the court.
Then arrives this young boy with blond hair like wheat, blue T-shirt on the back and a large tennis ball filled with signatures of players under the arm, undoubtedly hoping to add to his collection that of the 29-year-old Polish. We see him leaning against railing to be as close as possible to Majchrzak. The player then scribbles the ball from another supporter, then he takes off his cap and stretches it to the little blond. An unexpected gift for any tennis fan. But the child is not lively enough.
On his right, a man attributed with a navy blue polo shirt tends his big adult arm and tears off the head cover. Whatever the child’s petition. “What are you doing ? !» Asks him the little blond, disconcerted. To prevent the child’s complaints from giving the alert, the man gave him the pen that served the player to sign the autographs. Fast and discreet, the adult with polo shirts slides the fruit of her lacin in the bag of a woman who accompanies her. The two laugh despite the sorrow of the blonde. Neither seen nor known, except for viewers: the mischief was captured by the television cameras installed in the spans of Flushing Meadows.
Shared on the networks, the video of the cap flight becomes viral. Man is quickly identified. According to the New York Postit is a Polish millionaire named Piotr Szcerek, CEO of the Drogruk company, specializing in soil paving and sector leader in Poland. Faced with the outcry caused by his gesture, the business manager has disabled all his social networks.
For its part, the tennis player reacted on Saturday August 30 on Instagram. “Hi guys, could you help me find the kid from my match?”“Wrote Kamil Majchrzak in a post. In less than two hours, the player is put in touch with the young tennis lover and his family. “I am so impressed by the power of the Internet. We have it! Everything is fine nowUltimately announces Majchrzak.
Kamil Majchrzak meeting the young boy who had the hat taken from him the other day at the US Open.
A happy ending… this is what it’s all about.
Protect this man at all costs. 🥹 pic.twitter.com/EAaJVltyM6
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) August 30, 2025
Saturday evening, still on his Instagram account, the player posted the video of his meeting with the injured child, named Brock. In the images shared by tennis players, you can see the boy unpack his gifts. Sports clothes, but above all a cap, that Brock soon screwed well on his head.
On the sports performance side, Kamil Majchrzak had been forced on Saturday to abandon injury while he was playing the third round of the American tournament against the Swiss Leandro Riedi.
