Miyu Kato and her companion have been disqualified from a third-round ladies’s doubles match on the French Open on Sunday after she by chance hit a ball lady within the head space with a ball after some extent.
Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi of Indonesia, the No. 16 seeds, have been down a set to Czech Republic’s Marie Bouzkova and Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo however main 3-1 within the second set when the Japanese participant despatched the ball towards the opposite finish of the courtroom. The shot hit the unsuspecting ball lady, who started crying.
Chair umpire Alexandre Juge initially issued a warning to Kato, nonetheless a session with match officers led to the disqualification for Kato and Sutjiadi. The crowd booed the choice.
Kato apologized to the ball lady earlier than departing the courtroom.
“Obviously, it’s very unfortunate overall,” Bouzkova mentioned after the match. “Sara and I, we’ve never been in this kind of situation, so we were kind of shaken up by this as well. It’s just a tough situation for everyone. But it’s something that, I guess, has to be taken by the rules as it is, even though it’s very unfortunate for them.”
Bouzkova and Sorribes Tormo will face Ellen Perez of Australia and Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the United States within the quarterfinals.
–Field Level Media