French Open tennis participant Miyu Kato forfeited all of her 21,500 euros (about $23,000) in prize cash and rankings factors from ladies’s doubles as a result of she unintentionally hit a ball lady within the neck with a ball after some extent throughout a match, however she is allowed to maintain taking part in combined doubles.
Kato’s associate in ladies’s doubles, Aldila Sutjiadi of Indonesia, did acquired her cash and factors for reaching the third spherical in that competitors.
French Open event referee Remy Azemar made the rulings on penalties. Azemar determined that the ball child was hit inadvertently and Kato was permitted to proceed in combined doubles with Tim Pütz; they’re scheduled to play within the semifinals Thursday.
On Sunday, within the third spherical of ladies’s doubles, Kato took a swing along with her racket and the ball flew towards the ball child, who was not wanting within the Japanese participant’s course whereas heading off the courtroom.
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Miyu Kato loses ladies’s doubles cash for unintentionally hitting ball lady
Japan Today – Jun 07
French Open tennis participant Miyu Kato forfeited all of her 21,500 euros (about $23,000) in prize cash and rankings factors from ladies’s doubles as a result of she unintentionally hit a ball lady within the neck with a ball after some extent throughout a match, however she is allowed to maintain taking part in combined doubles.
French Open: Doubles pair disqualified for hitting ball lady
deccanherald.com – Jun 05
Japan’s Miyu Kato and Indonesia’s Aldila Sutjiadi have been disqualified from the French Open after Kato struck a ball down the courtroom between factors, hitting a ball lady, throughout their ladies’s doubles third-round match on Sunday.
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