Aldila Sutjiadi and Miyu Kato were disqualified from their doubles match at Roland-Garros after the latter struck a ball to the opposite end of the court between points and accidentally hit a ball girl, leaving her in tears.
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The initial call from the chair was a warning before Marie Bouzkova and Sara Sorribes Tormo, Sutjiadi and Kato’s opponent, highlighted to the umpire that the ball girl was clearly distressed. The supervisor was then called to the court and the decision was made to disqualify the pair.
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Kato didnt mean it. She also directly apologize to the ball girl. This is really ridiculous, 1000% shameful to the opponent & umpire!
There's no difference between this and what Djokovic did a few years ago.
First thing it wasn't intentional and the ball wasn't traveling with that much force. And why is the ball girl crying , it is her job to catch ,pick and block the balls. She did a great job. Shame on the two opponents.
The judge and the opponent are completely disgrace
I have no idea what's going on here
Aftering seeing this video, I am wondering if all these were planned to do so…
What are the requirements for these ball kids. That's soft and her breakdown just add more to it. Even worse is these two professional asked for their opponent to be disqualify. For now on they should consider getting baseball kids, they will catch that no problem. Or maybe use some net to protect the judges and ball kids.
i'm japanese it's Asian discrimination and terrible
Tears of white women cause wars, lynchings, false imprisonment, and now French Open disqualifications. The opponents shouldve received a warning for being Karens.
I actually want to ask the ballgirl about this judgement, her word might had changed the situation…
明らかな人種差別の裁定だな。抗議で判定を覆す審判が四大大会の椅子に座るべきではない。
0:24 How tall is the woman wearing red shirts?
Fire the ball girl and disqualify the opponents who were lobbying.
Can’t believe the opponents pushed for a disqualification…. That’s shameful.
If you're on the court, for whatever reason, you need to be aware of the ball at all times. That's just a basic tenet of being a ball-girl, ball-boy, or official. The girl was looking the other way, and was therefore putting herself in harm's way.
Yes, she eventually saw the ball. When she did, she just cringed and turtled. That's not at all the behavior expected of a ball-girl. She also wasn't struck hard. So why did she cry? Was it because she was surprised that the ball came to her? It was her job to take the ball when it comes to her.
If you can't handle a ball being lobbed in your direction, get off the court. We're not talking about an errant serve or a smashed volley. There should not have been a penalty here.
I hope next match they get blown out.
What a joke. Ball girl being a drama queen . Typical "victim culture" Crying for 15 minutes over getting hit in shoulder with a lob and completely unintentional not even in anger.. Ridiculous actions by players trying to get other team disqualified and even worse is the judge fell for it. . I coach youth girls and boys soccer. The amount of times that the some of girls go into lengthy crying attacks for the mildest of contact is ridiculous. After having play stopped and getting the sympathy they are craving , 5 minutes after crying they are just fine . All to be a "victim" and get attention.
Not only was Kato disqualified, but the prize money was also stripped. I feel so sorry for you.
Today, our culture creates “victims” when no injury was committed. Dignity and honor no longer exist for many.
A shocker. What were the officiels thinking?
There should be a sin bin-style penalty of say losing automatically two games. As it is, there is no consideration of the fact that the bizarre decision to end the match, and declare a winner, could make the young unfortunate ball girl feel guilt-stricken too.
This is what happens when you let the French run something.
Why Rafa wasn't being disqualified on hitting a ball girl? What a shame from the ref
Is this some kind of political correctness?
I hope the opponents lose every year!!!! what a disgrace!!!
Wrong decision.
The ball girl acted like she was emotionally instable, she had no reason to cry, should not be allowed to be ball girl again.
I'm very disappointed with Marie Bouzkova, she comes across as the nicest girl on tour and then does that!!
It was so obvious the Japanese player had no intention of hitting the ballgirl.
Shame on everyone involved as this now has financial implications.
The tournament is becoming toxic this year on numerous levels.
Come on, that was not intentional like djokovic.
You know when you throw or kick something at someone unintentionally and you realise and you immediately feel bad and apologise for it?
Yeah, she did all that except for feel bad or apologise.
In this instance it should be DQ by principle, not for aggressive behaviour.
Either a DQ or a fine, but I understand the DQ because a fine won't mean anything to the player.
Sie war ja gar nicht so hart gertoffen!
Ridiculous
Wow. Maybe this is why pickleball is taking over tennis. The girl crying😅 don't put little kids on the flipping courts.
I can just picture a future where football goalkeepers cry because they were "hit by the ball". And the referee would probably give a generous red card for the crybaby.