He was one of the involuntary protagonists of Roland Garros 2023. When the game stopped, he threw a ball across his track side, and it hit a ball boy directly in the head. The girl cried, triggering a process that led to the disqualification of the Japanese you are meyu and his Indonesian partner Aldila Sutjiadi.
Its rivals, the Spanish Sarah Sorribes and the check Marie BouzkovaThey went to the quarterfinals. The tour of Kato and the victim sutjiadi it was erased before the contest. With no money and no points, a penalty he hopes to have overturned on appeal.
The competent authority explicitly recognized the involuntary nature of the action, allowing Kato not to be expelled from the tournament, only from the women’s doubles.
Days after publicly apologizing to the woman and her doubles pair, crying on the track and in the press room, Kato retaliated, reliving her nightmare day.
The Japanese, help for the German Tim Puetzwas declared mixed doubles champion at Roland Garros, defeating the Canadian on center court Bianca Andreescu and the New Zealander michael venus by 4-6, 6-4 and 10-6 in the supertiebreak.
“It’s been a mental challenge, thanks for the messages of support, especially to Aldila and the Indonesian fans. A you smile and Bouzkovahopefully we can meet again and play a good match”, said Kato, who took home the trophy and half of the economic prize for the best in the mixed, 122,000 euros.
Source: La Verdad
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