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OPINION - Harriet Dart was being unkind — but actually, it's a good thing to tell someone they smell

Paging Dr Ally Louks, we have another olfactory ethics debate right under our noses. Harriet Dart has apologised after being caught on mic saying her opponent at the Rouen Open Lois Boisson was offputtingly stinky.

Before the start of the second set, Dart sauntered past the umpire’s chair and made a snide comment about Boisson’s supposed odour. "Can you ask her to put on deodorant?” said the British No4. “She smells really bad."

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