Disqualified for Accidentally Hitting a Ball Girl, Miyo Kato Becomes French Open Champion
1 year, 6 months ago

Disqualified for Accidentally Hitting a Ball Girl, Miyo Kato Becomes French Open Champion

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Japan’s Miyu Kato became a French Open champion on Thursday, four days after she was controversially disqualified from the women’s doubles for accidentally hitting a ball girl. Kato and her German partner Tim Puetz defeated Bianca Andreescu and Michael Venus 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 in the mixed doubles final at Roland Garros. “It has been challenging mentally in the last few days after my unjust disqualification from the women’s doubles,” Kato told the Court Philippe Chatrier crowd, reading from a prepared statement. The support you received was well deserved.” The 28-year-old Kato and her Indonesian teammate Aldila Sutjiadi were defaulted on Sunday after a gentle lob from the Japanese player left a ball girl in tears and shaking.

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Disqualified Japanese player Kato becomes French Open mixed doubles champion
1 year, 6 months ago

Disqualified Japanese player Kato becomes French Open mixed doubles champion

The Hindu  

Japan’s Miyu Kato became a French Open champion on Thursday, four days after she was controversially disqualified from the women’s doubles for accidentally hitting a ball girl. Kato and her German partner Tim Puetz defeated Bianca Andreescu and Michael Venus 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 in the mixed doubles final at Roland Garros. “It has been challenging mentally in the last few …

Miyu Kato loses women’s doubles money for accidentally hitting ball kid
1 year, 6 months ago

Miyu Kato loses women’s doubles money for accidentally hitting ball kid

The Hindu  

French Open tennis player Miyu Kato forfeited all of her 21,500 euros in prize money and rankings points from women’s doubles because she accidentally hit a ball girl in the neck with a ball after a point during a match, but she is allowed to keep participating in mixed doubles. Kato’s partner in women’s doubles, Aldila Sutjiadi of Indonesia, did …

Doubles pair disqualified from French Open after ball kid is accidentally struck, as Novak Djokovic breaks record
1 year, 6 months ago

Doubles pair disqualified from French Open after ball kid is accidentally struck, as Novak Djokovic breaks record

ABC  

French Open doubles player Miyu Kato and her partner have been forced to forfeit a match after the Japanese player accidentally hit a ball girl in the neck with a ball after a point. Key points: Miyuo Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified after an errant strike between games hit a ball girl in the head The pair was initially …

French Open doubles player Miyu Kato of Japan disqualified for accidentally hitting a ball girl
1 year, 6 months ago

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

Associated Press  

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, …

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Karen Khachanov reach French Open quarter-finals
1 year, 6 months ago

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Karen Khachanov reach French Open quarter-finals

Hindustan Times  

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova dug deep to return to the French Open quarter-finals for the first time since her runner-up finish two years ago while fellow Russian Karen Khachanov also fought his way through on a bright Sunday at Roland Garros. Russia's Karen Khachanov celebrates winning his fourth round match against Italy's Lorenzo Sonego Pavlyuchenkova, who was defeated in the 2021 final …

French Open pair Kato, Sutjiadi disqualified after ballgirl hit
1 year, 6 months ago

French Open pair Kato, Sutjiadi disqualified after ballgirl hit

The Hindu  

Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from the French Open on Sunday after a ballgirl was accidentally hit by a harmless looking lob in an incident which also called into question the sportsmanship of their opponents. Standing at the net, Kato gently backhanded a ball in the direction of the ballgirl standing at the opposite end of Court 14 …

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