A little kid was reduced to tears while watching pro tennis on Thursday … and it’s all because one of the competitors on the court nearly hit him with her racquet during an outburst.
The scene played out during Irina-Camelia Begu‘s match against Ekaterina Alexandrova at the French Open … when Begu was so pissed over her performance in the third set, she tossed her racquet into the ground in frustration.
Irina-Camelia Begu just bounced her racket into the crowd, supervisor has been called. pic.twitter.com/EiIBNDAH2I
— Damian Kust (@damiankust) May 26, 2022
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The star’s piece of equipment, though, bounced off the clay surprisingly, and made a beeline toward a child who was sitting in the first few rows of the stands.
Somehow, the racquet just missed the boy — according to spectators — but the close-call scared the kid, who began crying so loudly, the match was actually put on pause.
Pictures from the event show the kid was terrified … needing to be consoled by his parents and other fans.
But, to her credit, Begu — who was given a code violation for the outburst — went on to win the match and then did all she could to cheer the kid up.
Irina-Camelia Begu goes right over after getting through Alexandrova and takes the kid she made cry in her arms to pose for a pic with his seemingly very happy parents.
She bounced her racquet in anger and it went into the crowd earlier. Kid wasn’t hit, but was scared. pic.twitter.com/WIwxHGBKgq— Stephanie Myles (@OpenCourt) May 26, 2022
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She hugged him, and posed for a picture with him — and it seems everyone was happy again after that.
Begu plays next in the third round of the event … here’s to hoping everyone on the court keeps their cool there.