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Female tennis player Miyu Kato broke down in tears after reaching the French Open mixed double semi-finals on Monday – a day after she was disqualified from the women's doubles for accidentally hitting a ball girl with a ball that left her in tears.
After booking her spot in the last four of the mixed doubles bracket at Rolland Garros, Kato struggled to hold back the tears before being consoled by her doubles partner Tim Puetz.
It all appeared to be too much for the Japanese player following her controversial exit the day before.
During her game alongside Aldila Sutjiadi, Kato fired a cross-court shot towards the ball girl between points, striking her on the shoulder. With the young girl distressed, Kato was initially given a warning by the umpire.
However, a protest by opponents Marie Bouzkova and Sara Sorribes Tormo led to match being abandoned with Kato and her Indonesian partner Sutjiadi disqualified.
Miyu Kato broke down in tears after reaching the mixed doubles semi-finals with Tim Puetz, a day after she was disqualified from the women's double for hitting a ball girl with a ball
Kato (left) is given a hug by her German mixed doubles partner Puetz on Monday morning
It comes after aball girl was left in tears at the French Open after being stuck on the shoulder by a shot by Kato between points - leading to Kato and her partner being disqualified
The ball can be seen just to the left of the court flying towards the ball girl in the bottom left
The ball struck the ball girl (bottom left) as the players prepared themselves between points
Kato attempted to console the ball girl and apologised before the Japanese-Indonesian pair pleaded with officials that it wasn't a deliberate act.
