French Open Day 9: The "luckiest player" lost this year's French Open, but it attracted a celebration from fans all over the net...

The luckiest player at this year's French Open is Spain's Tomo Tomo who reached the fourth round of his career without a fight due to the withdrawal of fourth-seeded and Roma champion Lebakina. Later, in the women's doubles match, her opponent Yuki Kato was withdrawn after accidentally hitting the caddie, and her partner Bozkova avoided a reversal and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Although she will not necessarily lose these two unfinished matches, she has now easily cashed in at least more than 100,000 euros in prize money. However, she failed to extend her luck in singles yesterday, defeating 14th-seeded Maya 7-6, 3-6, 5-7 after four hours of hard fighting. At the same time, the controversial scene in the doubles court also made her suffer from the crusade from the Internet.

In fact, the biggest controversy is not just about the penalty of the game, but the referee originally gave Kato the only warning on the grounds that the caddie was not injured. But Tomo and his partner questioned, always stressing that the caddie was "crying" and calling in the tournament supervisor. In the end, under their pressure, the tournament supervisor directly ruled Kato/Sudi Jadi.

Since there is a precedent for Djokovic to hit a referee and be ruled negative, let's talk about the rules involved in this penalty:

Grand Slam Tournament Rules/Player Irregularities/N. Abuse of Tennis

Players shall not hit, kick or throw tennis balls violently, dangerously or angrily, except in cases where there is a reasonable race during a match, including warm-ups. (Intentionally knocking the ball off the field, hitting it dangerously or recklessly on the field, or hitting the ball carelessly about the consequences.) ）

Players who violate this clause face fines of up to $20,000 per violation. If it occurs in a game, in addition to the fine, it will be accompanied by three penalties: warning, penalty and penalty with the repetition of this behavior.

Of course, there is an additional aggravating clause to this rule:

Significant Player Violations/A. Aggravating Conduct

All violations mentioned in the above rules, including the "abuse of tennis", can be applied to aggravating acts if the circumstances are particularly serious, and the penalty can be up to permanent suspension.

When I interpreted the penalty that Deyo suffered back then, I also thought that the penalty was too severe, but because it hit the division, causing the division line to fall and the result of self-reported "breathing difficulties", it was considered aggravating behavior. If this rule is based on the result (hitting the person) as the standard, then there is still some basis for Kato to be sentenced to a negative in the same situation.

But Kato's situation is reasonable if it is characterized as less serious than Deyo's. Because the direction and purpose of her hitting at that time was to deliver the ball to the caddy, there was no obvious expression and body movements to vent emotions, the speed of the ball was not too fast, and the caddie was also distracted by the fact that she was dealing with other ball delivery tasks.

Therefore, the scale of punishment in this matter is actually vague and there is room for interpretation at the level of rules.

But what Tomo really gets blamed by fans is that he used his radical attitude and moral kidnapping to steer things to the most extreme solution when the rules still have room for enforcement. This is similar to a certain reported incident a while ago.

When laws and regulations are broad and unsound and full of loopholes, morality can assume the role of restraining and punishing bad people to a certain extent. But when laws and regulations are rigid and strict, morality needs to play the role of tolerance, compassion, and empathy, rather than becoming an inhuman "moral guardian."

As soon as this penalty was issued, the already inflexible rule appeared more rigid and unkind. This is partly a step backwards.

In particular, if Tomo does not avoid suspicion as a interested party, he will inevitably be suspected of seeking personal interests in the name of justice. What infuriated the fans the most was that the camera captured them repeating "that girl is crying" to the referee, while gloating and laughing on the sidelines, without showing concern or concern to the caddies.

Of course, some people say that it is understandable to use the rules to fight for their own interests, but Kato, who was directly judged to lose at the same time, will lose all the prize money and points of the women's doubles tournament at the French Open. I think in life, no matter how much that person smashes a colleague's job through means other than fair competition for the sake of profit, he will be spurned.

Some players revealed on social media that almost all of them are on Kato's side. In the coming period, Tomo may not be less cold-eyed and ostracized by the tour, do you say that this seemingly lucky "blessing" is her blessing or her sin?