Miu Kato and Aldila Suzyadi were disqualified from the round of 16 doubles at Roland Garros after the Japanese player (accidentally) hit a child with balls.

Miyu Kato and Aldila Suzyadi, disqualified after unintentionally hitting the ball

Kato and Sutyadi (seeded 16) lost the first set of their match against Marie Buzkova/Sara Sorribes Tormo (Czech Republic/Spain) in a tiebreak, but led 3-1 in the second set.

At that moment, the little girl started crying after being hit by the ball that sent Kato to the front line.

Although the chair judge initially deemed the warning sufficient (claiming that the Japanese woman’s gesture was not intentional and the child was not harmed), Buzkova intervened and called for the opponents to be disqualified (insisting that the girl was crying).

The tournament supervisor also appeared on the court and (after discussion with the guy who hit the ball) decided that Suzyadi and Kato would lose the match “on the green table”. Nipona left the field in tears.

Netizens believe that the Japanese did not want to hit the girl, and criticized Buzkova and Sorribes Tormo, who did not even see the moment, but wanted to win the match at any cost.

Mari Buzkova and Sara Sorribes Tormo will play in the quarters against the winners of the match Yifan Xu/Zhaoxuan Yang (China – 11 favorites) – Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Ellen Perrez (USA/Australia – 6).

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