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British tennis player Harriet Dart has apologized after asking the chair umpire to tell her opponent to put on deodorant because she “smells really bad.” Dart lost 6-0, 6-3 to French player Lois Boisson in the first round of the clay-court Rouen Open on Tuesday, and was picked up by a microphone during a changeover telling the umpire: “Can you tell her (Boisson) to wear deodorant? ..
. Because she smells really bad.” After the footage spread on social media, Dart posted an apology on Instagram and said “it was a heat-of-the-moment comment that I truly regret.
” “That’s not how I want to carry myself, and I take full responsibility,” she wrote. “I have a lot of respect for Lois and how she competed today. I’ll learn from this and move forward.
” Boisson, who made her first WTA Tour appearance of the season and is working her way back up from 303rd in the rankings after injuries, gave a light-hearted response. She posted a photo on Instagram of her on court with a Dove deodorant edited into the frame above her hand, tagging the company and writing that they “apparently need a collab.”.
