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“She smells bad”: tennis player demands deodorant for rival
04/16/2025 – 1:06 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
At a tennis tournament, Harriet Dart dropped a thoughtless and hurtful comment against her opponent. This reacted with humor.
The London tennis star Harriet Dart caused a sensation at the WTA Sandground tournament in Rouen, French. During her round of rounds against the French Lois Boisson, the British let herself be carried away to a saying that did not remain unheard – and later forced her to be a public apology.
The scene occurred during the change of sides. A microphone caught, as darts to the referee said: “Can you tell her that she should use a deodorant? (…) Because she smells really bad.” At this point, the 28-year-old was already significantly behind. In the end, she lost the match with a singing and sound with 0: 6, 3: 6.
Dart’s statement quickly spread about social media and caused significant criticism. After the game, the world ranking-11. With a statement on Instagram. There she explained that it was a spontaneous comment that she “really regretted”.
Dart continued: “I don’t want to behave like this and I take full responsibility.” She had great respect from opponent Boisson and wanted to learn from the incident.
Boisson, number 303 in the world, was humorous with the curious reproach of her opponent. On Instagram she published an idea of herself on the square – a virtually inserted deodorant of a well -known manufacturer in her hand. The 21-year-old wrote: “Apparently need cooperation” and marked the company.