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A French Open The doubles match ended in controversy on Sunday as No. 16 seeds Miu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from the team. tournament After a ball girl is hit by a ball.
Having lost the opening sets to Spain’s Sara Soribes Tormo and Czech Republic’s Mari Buzkova, Japan’s Kato and Indonesia’s Sutjiadi were leading 3-1 in the second set of their third-round match when the incident happened.
Eurosport coverage Kato was shown innocently hitting the ball behind the court after a point, and although it didn’t appear that he intended to hit the ball girl on purpose, the ball hit her in the head. The tearful ball girl stood at the back of the court visibly shaken.
Chair umpire Alexander Juz issued a code violation before Grand Slam supervisor Wayne McKeuen and tournament referee Rémi Azemar appeared on Court 14. After discussions between officials and players, it was announced that Kato and Sutjiadi had defaulted.
The Roland Garros crowd greeted the news with jeers, while Sutziadi consoled Kato.
Tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg Tweeted: “Cruel call. Don’t hit the ball in anger, just hit the ball girl to keep the match flowing as it was the other team’s turn to serve. The ball girl had her hands full, late reaction.”
This is not the first time a player has defaulted in a Grand Slam. One of the most high-profile incidents of 2020 occurred when Novak Djokovic’s US Open ended early after he defaulted for inadvertently hitting a line judge.
According to the Grand Slam rule book, players “may not violently, dangerously or angrily strike, kick or throw a tennis ball within the tournament site during a match (including warm-up) except in reasonable pursuit of points.”
The rule book states: “In all cases of default, the decision of the referee in consultation with the Grand Slam Chief of Supervisors shall be final and non-appealable.”
A player who defaults forfeits all ranking points earned in the tournament, as stated in the rulebook, and all prize money earned in the tournament.
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