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A French Open doubles match resulted in controversy on Sunday as sixteenth seeds Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi have been disqualified match after a ball lady was hit by a ball.
After dropping the primary set to Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain and Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic, Japan’s Kato and Sutjiadi of Indonesia have been main 3-1 within the second set of their third-round match when the incident occurred.
Eurosport protection confirmed Kato harmlessly hitting the ball down the courtroom after a degree, and whereas it did not seem like she deliberately hit the ball lady, the ball hit her head. Standing behind the courtroom, the crying ball lady was visibly shaken.
Chair umpire Alexandre Juge issued a code violation earlier than Grand Slam supervisor Wayne McKewen and match referee Remy Azemar appeared on Court docket 14. After discussions between the officers and the gamers, it was introduced that Kato and Sutjiadi have been in violation.
The Roland Garros crowd greeted the information with jeers and boos, as Sutjiadi consoled Kato.
Tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg tweeted: “Brutal name. The ball was not hit in anger, she simply hit the ball to maintain the sport flowing as a result of it was the opposite workforce’s flip. The ball lady had her arms full, she reacted late.”
It’s not the primary time {that a} participant defaults in a Grand Slam. Probably the most high-profile incidents occurred in 2020 when Novak Djokovic’s US Open ended early after he was fouled for inadvertently hitting a linesman.
In accordance with the Grand Slam rulebook, gamers “should not hit, kick or throw a tennis ball in a violent, harmful or indignant method throughout the precincts of the match venue, besides within the cheap pursuit of a degree throughout a match (together with the warm-up).
The rule ebook says: “In all circumstances of non-compliance, the choice of the referee in session with the Grand Slam Chief Stewards shall be closing and closing.”
A participant who’s in default forfeits all rating factors earned within the match, the rulebook states, and all prizes received within the match.