Harriet Dart: Briton sorry for deodorant comment about opponent Lois Boisson in Rouen Open defeat

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: “Can you ask her to put on deodorant? She smells really bad.”

However Dart later posted on her Instagram story: “I want to apologise for what I said on court today, it was a heat-of-the-moment comment that I truly regret.

“That is not how I wish to carry myself, and I take full duty. I’ve loads of respect for Lois and the way she competed at present.

“I’ll learn from this and move forward.”

Boisson, who had walked again on to the courtroom 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 mild of the incident on her Instagram story, posting an edited picture of her holding some deodorant and telling toiletries firm Dove that they “apparently need a collab”.