PARIS: Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from their women's doubles third-round match in French Open after Kato struck a ball down the court between points and hit a ball girl to leave her sobbing.
Kato was initially warned by chair umpire Alexandre Juge but Czech Marie Bouzkova and Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo, who were leading 7-6(1) 1-3 at the time of the incident, pointed out to him that the ball girl was crying.
"No, no, let me explain to you. She (Kato) didn't do it on purpose, she (the ball girl) didn't get injured," Juge said.
"She (Kato) didn't do it on purpose? She's crying," Sorribes Tormo said, pointing to the ball girl.
"And she has blood," Bouzkova added. (Agencies).
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