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Dad To Stop Patting US Open Star On The Butt Following Backlash

2022 French Open - Day Thirteen

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The father and coach of teen tennis sensation Sara Bejlek have agreed to stop patting her on the butt after video from the U.S. Open sparked a huge deluge of backlash.

The public outcry began after the 16-year-old Czech won in the final qualifying match last week, prompting her dad, Jaroslav Bejlek, and her coach, Jakub Kahoun, to pat her rump in celebration. Sara Bejlek says although the gestures wouldn't have been deemed inappropriate in her country, both men have agreed to keep their hands off her caboose in future matches.

"Dad is my dad and always will be," Bejlek says. "And I’ve known the coach since I was 8 years old. If something similar happened in the Czech Republic, no one would deal with it. But since we are in America, everyone comments on it. It may certainly seem inconvenient and uncomfortable to some, but we have already discussed it with the team. It won’t happen again."


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