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 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 …
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 …