French Open doubles player Miyu Kato of Japan disqualified for accidentally hitting a ball girl

PARIS — French Open doubles player Miyu Kato and her partner were forced to forfeit a match when Kato accidentally hit a ball girl in the neck with a ball after a point on Sunday. In the second set on Court 14 at Roland Garros, Kato took a swing with her racket and the ball flew toward the ball kid, who was not looking in the player’s direction while heading off the court. But after tournament referee Remy Azemar and Grand Slam supervisor Wayne McEwen went to Court 14 to look into what happened, Kato and her partner, Aldila Sutjiadi of Indonesia, were disqualified. “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 said she did not see the ball hit the ball girl, but “she was crying for like 15 minutes.” She said one of the officials said the ball “has to do some kind of harm to the person affected” and that “at first, didn’t see that.” Bouzkova said she and Sorribes Tormo told Juge “to look into it more and ask our opponents what they think happened.” During Coco Gauff’s 6-7, 6-1, 6-1 singles victory over Mirra Andreeva on Saturday, Andreev swatted a ball into the Court Suzanne Lenglen stands after dropping a point in the first set.