French Open combined doubles champion Miyu Kato stated Thursday an attraction to have her prize cash and tour factors reinstated was rejected by event organizers following a controversial incident through which she was defaulted for unintentionally hitting a ball child with a ball.
The 28-year-old and her ladies’s doubles accomplice Aldila Sutjiadi of Indonesia have been handed a default throughout their third-round match on June 4 after a ball Kato casually hit to the alternative finish of the court docket between factors struck the ball child and left her in tears.
The match umpire initially gave Kato a warning earlier than protests by the opposing pair, Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic and Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo, prompted the supervisor and referee to enter the court docket and improve the choice.
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