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Alize Cornet has taken a dig at Marie Bouzkova and Sara Sorribes Tormo for their protest which resulted in the disqualification of Aldila Sutjiadi and Miyu Kato from the 2023 French Open. Cornet's comment has sparked delight among tennis fans.
During the second set of their third-round women's doubles clash, Kato unintentionally struck a ball girl while returning the ball. She was initially handed a warning by the chair umpire for the act.
Bouzkova and Sorribes Tormo then approached the umpire in protest, urging for a default, while pointing out that the ball girl was crying after being hit. Following discussions with the match supervisor, the chair umpire ultimately disqualified Kato and Sutjiadi. That sent Bouzkova and Sorribes Tormo through to the quarterfinals.
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Miyo Kato later issued a public apology on social media, clarifying that she did not intentionally strike the ball girl. She also stated that she has had to forfeit both her prize money and her ranking points.
“I would like to sincerely apologize to the ball girl, my partner Aldila&Team, & my supporters because of today's unfortunate mishap. It was completely unintentional,” Kato tweeted.
“As a result, I am penalized by RG by forfeiting my prize money & points. I appreciate all your continued support.”
Alize Cornet responded to Kato on social media, expressing her sympathy and calling out the default decision. She also claimed that all players "except Marie Bouzkova and Sara Sorribes Tormo" were supporting Kato and Sutjiadi.
“Insane decision. I really feel sorry for you but a lot of players (except Marie and Sara obviously) are supporting you,” Cornet tweeted.
Several fans were amused by the Frenchwoman's response to the incident.
“Alize is so MESSY why would she add the parenthesis,” a fan tweeted.
“Lmao she's so messy i love her,” another fan commented.
Other fans expressed their delight at Cornet dragging and throwing "shade" at Bouzkova and Sorribes Tormo.
“Drag them!” a fan posted.
“The shade of it all,” a user commented.
Here are a few more fan reactions Alize Cornet's comment:
French Open 2023: Alize Cornet crashes out of singles, still in contention for doubles title
Alize Cornet was unable to put up a strong showing in singles at the 2023 French Open. The home favorite suffered a 6-3, 6-4 defeat to Camila Giorgi in the first round.
Cornet suffered a similar fate in the mixed doubles, alongside compatriot Edouard Roger-Vasselin. The duo lost to eigth seeds Ivan Dodig and Zhang Shuai in the first round.
However, Cornet has enjoyed some success in women's doubles alongside campatriot Diane Parry.
The pair defeated fourth seeds Jelena Ostapenko and Lyudmyla Kichenok to advance to the third round. They will next take on Latisha Chan and Chan Hao-ching for a spot in the quarterfinals.
