British tennis player Harriet Dart 'sorry' after saying opponent should put deodorant on
- British No. 4 Harriet Dart apologized after her match at the Rouen Open on Tuesday.
- Dart's request followed a dominant performance by her opponent, 21-year-old Frenchwoman Lois Boisson.
- During the second set, Dart asked the umpire to tell Boisson to wear deodorant.
- Dart's on-court remark, "Can you tell her to wear deodorant?", was picked up by court-side microphones.
- Dart later apologized on social media, saying she regretted her heat-of-the-moment comment and takes full responsibility.
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Female Tennis Player Criticized For Telling Opponent to Put on Deodorant
British tennis player Harriet Dart apologized after complaining about the odor of French tennis player Lois Boisson, her opponent at the Rouen Open. The incident went down in the middle of a changeover during their match on Tuesday, April 15, when Dart, 28, was overheard by microphones asking the chair umpire, “Can you tell her to wear deodorant?” “Because the smell,” Dart added. “Can you tell her to wear deodorant? She smells really bad.” Bois…
Tennis player Harriet Dart to the referee: “My opponent smells too much can you tell her to put on deodorant?”
The Englishman, number 110 in the world, lost the game but most of all his head in the first round of the Open de Rouen. On the other hand, the opponent Lois Boisson laughs at it, finally an apology: “I don't want to behave like this.”
Brit apologizes for saying opponent 'smells really bad'
British tennis player Harriet Dart has apologized for saying her opponent, France's Lois Boisson, "smells really bad" during her comprehensive defeat at the Rouen Open first round. Dart, who lost 6-0 6-3, was captured on the broadcast asking the umpire to tell Boisson to use deodorant, during a...
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