Sorribes Tormo defends herself against criticism following Kato default

06.06.2023 - 21:30 theguardian.com

Sara Sorribes Tormo has defended herself against intense criticism following the controversial default of Miyu Kato from their French Open third-round doubles match on Sunday.

Kato, meanwhile, has lodged an appeal against the default. During the second set of the match in which the Spanish-Czech pair Sorribes Tormo and Marie Bouzkova were playing against Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi of Japan and Indonesia, Kato accidentally struck a ball girl with a ball, who burst into tears.

Kato did not strike the ball in anger. The umpire, Alexandre Juge, initially gave Kato and Sutjiadi a warning but Sorribes Tormo and Bouzkova protested.

They pointed out that the ball girl was crying, suggested she was bleeding and one of the players stated: “This is default.” After some time, and the arrival of the supervisor, a tearful Kato was defaulted.

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Miyu Kato sedih usai didiskualifikasi dari nomor ganda putri French Open 2023 usai pukulannya secara tak sengaja mengenai ball girl. Namun petenis Jepang kini bisa tersenyum lebar usai menjadi juara di nomor ganda campuran.

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