Harriet Dart bizarrely tasted karma as she asked the umpire to get opponent Lois Boisson to wear deodorant during her heavy defeat in Stuttgart losing out in the opening round at the Rouen Open.
But while she lost 6-0, 6-3, it wasn't just the superior play of the Frenchwoman that bothered her. During a break in the second set, she bizarrely got to her feet and approached the umpire. She asked the umpire: "Can you tell her to wear deodorant? She's smelling really bad".
The umpire was seemingly confused by what is a bizarre question repeating it before she got ready to receive serve.
WTA 250 Rouen: Harriet Dart to the umpire about Lois Boisson - "Can you tell her to wear deodorant? She's smelling really bad" - Dart eventually lost 0-6 3-6
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What on earth?! 😟
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🇬🇧 Harriet Dart asked the umpire if her opponent - Lois Boisson - could put some *deodorant* on
❌ Dart lost 6-0 6-3 pic.twitter.com/HPkuyWU3I9