The doubles tandem of Japan’s Miyu Kato and Indonesia’s Aldila Sutjiadi was disqualified from French Open competition Sunday after Kato accidentally struck a ball girl with a tennis ball between points.
After a point in the second set, Kato hit the ball over the net to the opposing team of the Czech Republic’s Marie Bouzkova and Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo. However, the ball instead hit one of the ball girls standing to the rear of the court.
The chair umpire of the match, Alexandre Juge, initially gave a warning to Kato. But he then investigated further and learned that the ball girl was hurt. Bouzkova said she noticed blood on the ball girl as a result of the hit.
