French Open doubles participant Miyu Kato of Japan disqualified for by chance hitting a ball woman

PARIS — French Open doubles participant Miyu Kato and her associate have been pressured to forfeit a match when Kato by chance hit a ball woman within the neck with a ball after some extent on Sunday.

In the second set on Court 14 at Roland Garros, Kato took a swing along with her racket and the ball flew towards the ball child, who was not wanting within the participant’s route whereas heading off the courtroom.

At first, chair umpire Alexandre Juge solely issued a warning to Kato. But after event referee Remy Azemar and Grand Slam supervisor Wayne McEwen went to Court 14 to look into what occurred, Kato and her associate, Aldila Sutjiadi of Indonesia, have been disqualified.

That made Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic and Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain the winners of the match.

“It’s just a bad situation for everyone,” Bouzkova mentioned. “But it’s kind of something that, I guess, is taken by the rules, as it is, even though it’s very unfortunate for them. … At the end of the day, it was the referee’s decision.”

Bouzkova mentioned she didn’t see the ball hit the ball woman, however “she was crying for like 15 minutes.”

She mentioned one of many officers mentioned the ball “has to do some kind of harm to the person affected” and that “at first, (Juge) didn’t see that.”

Bouzkova mentioned she and Sorribes Tormo advised Juge “to look into it more and ask our opponents what they think happened.”

During Coco Gauff’s 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-1 singles victory over Mirra Andreeva on Saturday, Andreev swatted a ball into the Court Suzanne Lenglen stands after dropping some extent within the first set. Andreev was given a warning by the chair umpire for unsportsmanlike conduct however no additional penalty.

“I heard about that. Didn’t see it,” Bouzkova mentioned. “I suppose it simply depends upon the circumstances and the given scenario because it occurs. … It is troublesome, for certain.