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Dart apologizes

At the Rouen Open, Britain's Harriet Dart has apologized for saying her opponent, France's Lois Boisson, "smells really bad" during her comprehensive defeat on Tuesday.

Dart, who lost 6-0, 6-3, was captured on the broadcast asking the umpire to tell Boisson to use deodorant, during a second-set changeover.

"Can you ask her to put on deodorant? She smells really bad," Dart was heard saying to the official, as she struggled against the 21-year-old Frenchwoman in the first round.

The comment sparked an immediate backlash on social media, prompting Dart to address the incident on Instagram.

"It was a comment made in the heat of the moment, and I truly regret it. It's not the way I want to behave, and I take full responsibility," Dart wrote.

"I have a lot of respect for Lois and the way she competed today. I'll learn from this and move on."

Boisson, who was already out on court while Dart was still seated, appeared to be out of earshot when the Briton made the remark.

The victory marked a stunning upset for the 303rd-ranked Boisson — making her first WTA Tour appearance of the season following injury — against the 62nd-ranked Dart, who failed to convert any of her six break points and dropped her serve four times.

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