Disqualified French Open star provides present to ball lady she made cry

Miyu Kato got here full circle after she was disqualified from the women’s doubles competition on the French Open. The Japanese professional hit a ball again to the opposite aspect of the court docket which by chance struck a ball lady who was left in tears. But she was in a position to play the blended doubles occasion and gained the title. And afterwards, she caught up with the ball lady to offer her a gift.

Kato grew to become one of many tales of the event at Roland Garros. Along with Aldila Sutjiadi, the pair have been the sixteenth seeds within the girls’s doubles draw however had their run reduce brief after being defaulted when Kato by chance struck the ball lady.

The pair have been initially given a warning however their opponents argued that it was a default and the supervisor took to the court docket, disqualifying the pair because the ball lady was left in tears. Kato was given permission to play the blended doubles occasion provided that the incident was unintentional and went on to lift the title with Tim Puetz.

After a rollercoaster week for the 28-year-old, she rounded it off by presenting the ball lady with a gift. The newly-crowned blended doubles champion posed for a photograph with the younger ball child, who may very well be seen holding a present bag.

Posting the photograph to Twitter, Kato wrote: “I’m glad to hear that you are doing well and continue to Volunteer as a Ball Girl. It makes me very happy to hear this. I hope you enjoy the gift that I got you, and I look forward to seeing you again! Wishing you the Very Best!”

The Japanese doubles participant was in tears herself after she and Sutjiadi have been defaulted. But it was a special story on Thursday when she and Puetz defeated Michael Venus and Bianca Andreescu 4-6 6-4 10-6 to carry the trophy.