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Romanian Tennis Player Sorry As Thrown Racquet Hits Youngster At French Open

Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu apologised Thursday for petulantly throwing her racquet into a French Open crowd where it hit a child in the face. The youngster wept unconsolably after Begu's racquet bounced off the ground and flew towards the fans during the second set of her match against Ekaterina Alexandrova on Court 12. "It's an embarrassing moment for me, so I don't want to talk too much about it. I just want to apologise," said the 31-year-old after her 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-4 win. "My whole career I didn't do something like this, and I feel really bad and sorry. So I'm just going to say again, sorry for the incident and it was just an embarrassing moment for me."

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Tim Henman feels Irina-Camelia Begu was lucky to avoid disqualification from the French Open after a racquet she threw ended up in the crowd, and says players should learn from star names such as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. During the third set of her win over Ekaterina Alexandrova, Begu trudged back to her chair after dropping her serve and threw her racket into the clay in frustration. Ad/> It took a big bounce off the clay and ended up in the crowd, with the incident frightening a young child.

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Irina-Camelia Begu given warning after racket strikes child at French Open [video]

Romanian tennis player Irina-Camelia Begu received a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct after bouncing her racket into the French Open crowd and hitting a child.

French Open: Irina-Camelia Begu given warning after racket strikes child

Romanian tennis player Irina-Camelia Begu received a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct after bouncing her racket into the French Open crowd and hitting a child.

French Open: Shocking moment Irina-Camelia Begu throws racquet, makes kid cry and gets warning

There was a very regrettable incident on Thursday at the French Open as Irina-Camelia Begu threw her racquet in frustration and it caused a child in the crowd to cry. Begu had slipped a break down in the third set to her opponent, 30th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, in their second-round encounter at Roland-Garros when she let her frustration get the better of her.

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Romanian Tennis Player Sorry As Thrown Racquet Hits Youngster At French Open

French Open day five: Madison Keys gets entangled, France’s wildcard wonder, a close shave for young fan

'It is unacceptable' - Tim Henman feels Irina-Camelia Begu lucky to avoid DQ after throwing racquet at French Open

Racket toss by Irina-Camelia Begu causes stoppage, outcry at French Open

Irina-Camelia Begu draws warning at French Open after bouncing racket into stands, making child cry

Irina-Camelia Begu given warning after racket strikes child at French Open [video]

French Open: Irina-Camelia Begu given warning after racket strikes child

French Open: Shocking moment Irina-Camelia Begu throws racquet, makes kid cry and gets warning