British tennis player Cameron Norrie has apologized after throwing his racket and accidentally striking a spectator during a 6-2, 6-3 loss to Facundo D\u00edaz Acosta at the Auckland Classic. <\/p>\n
The former world No. 8 tossed his racket backwards in frustration having netted to put D\u00edaz Acosta on match point, causing a spectator to have to raise her hands to stop it from striking her in the face. <\/p>\n
Norrie received a warning but avoided disqualification for the incident, which the spectator appeared to take in good spirits. <\/p>\n
\u201cI apologized to the woman, and she was okay \u2026 it barely touched her and she was laughing. But I didn\u2019t mean to do that, and it was definitely a wake-up call,\u201d he told Radio New Zealand (RNZ) following the match. \u201cI wanted to come here and play well, and it ended up being the complete opposite. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was not feeling comfortable. I was throwing my racket, that\u2019s not like me at all,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs we saw with some other players, you can easily be defaulted if it catches them in the wrong spot or they\u2019re not looking or something,\u201d the 29-year-old added, according to The Guardian. \u201cI was not meaning to do that and it is completely not me to do something like that. I apologized very quickly and I want to apologize in general. I\u2019m not happy with how I behaved.\u201d <\/p>\n
Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the 2020 US Open when he accidentally hit a ball at a line judge. Similarly, Denis Shapovalov was defaulted in 2017 when he struck the umpire with a ball during a Davis Cup tie against Great Britain. <\/p>\n
However, at Wimbledon in 2022, Stefanos Tsitsipas was fined $10,000 but avoided disqualification after he hit a ball into the stands during a fiery third-round match against Nick Kyrgios. <\/p>\n
D\u00edaz Acosta will face his Argentine compatriot Sebasti\u00e1n B\u00e1ez in the Round of 16. Norrie, who grew up in Auckland, is next in action at the Australian Open, having reached the fourth round of the tournament last year before he was knocked out by Alexander Zverev. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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