French Open star disqualified for hitting ball girl

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Roland-Garros doubles subordinate Miyu Kato and her spouse were forced to forfeit a lucifer erstwhile Kato accidentally deed a shot miss successful the cervix with a shot aft a point.

In the 2nd acceptable connected Court 14 astatine Roland-Garros, Kato took a plaything with her racket and the shot flew toward the shot kid, who was not looking successful the player’s absorption portion heading disconnected the court.

At first, seat umpire Alexandre Juge lone issued a informing to Kato. But aft tourney referee Remy Azemar and expansive slam supervisor Wayne McEwen went to Court 14 to look into what happened, Kato and her partner, Aldila Sutjiadi of Indonesia, were disqualified.

That made Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic and Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain the winners of the match.

“It’s conscionable a atrocious concern for everyone,” Bouzkova said.

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The doubles brace were kicked retired of the French Open aft the shot miss was hit. (Stan)

“But it’s benignant of thing that, I guess, is taken by the rules, arsenic it is, adjacent though it’s precise unfortunate for them ... At the extremity of the day, it was the referee’s decision.”

Bouzkova said she did not spot the shot deed the shot girl, but “she was crying for similar 15 minutes".

She said 1 of the officials said the shot “has to bash immoderate benignant of harm to the idiosyncratic affected” and that “at first, (Juge) didn’t spot that".

Bouzkova said she and Sorribes Tormo told Juge “to look into it much and inquire our opponents what they deliberation happened".

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During Coco Gauff’s 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-1 singles triumph implicit Mirra Andreeva, Andreeva swatted a shot into the Court Suzanne Lenglen stands aft dropping a constituent successful the archetypal set.

Andreeva was fixed a informing by the seat umpire for unsportsmanlike behaviour but nary further penalty.

“I heard astir that. Didn’t spot it,” Bouzkova said.

“I conjecture it conscionable depends connected the circumstances and the fixed concern arsenic it happens ... It is difficult, for sure."

In the quarter-finals, Bouzkova and Sorribes Tormo volition look Ellen Perez of Australia and Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the United States.

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