British quantity 4 Harriet Dart has apologised for asking the umpire to inform her French opponent to placed on deodorant throughout a first-round loss on the Rouen Open.
Dart misplaced 6-0 6-3 to Lois Boisson, which included the 28-year-old being swept apart within the opening set in simply 28 minutes.
Throughout a changeover within the second set, Dart was heard on the printed asking the official: “Are you able to ask her to placed on deodorant? She smells actually unhealthy.”
However Dart later posted on her Instagram story: “I need to apologise for what I stated on court docket at the moment, it was a heat-of-the-moment remark that I actually remorse.
“That is not how I need to carry myself, and I take full duty. I’ve lots of respect for Lois and the way she competed at the moment.
“I am going to study from this and transfer ahead.”
Boisson, who had walked again on to the court docket whereas Dart was nonetheless sat down, seemed to be out of earshot when the Briton made the remark to the umpire.
Nevertheless, she later made gentle of the incident on her Instagram story, posting an edited picture of her holding some deodorant and telling toiletries firm Dove that they “apparently want a collab”.
