It is completely not me to do something like that. I apologized very quickly and I want to apologize in general. I’m not happy with how I behaved.”

Tennis player Cameron Norrie let his emotions get the better of him during his match today at the ASB Classic in New Zealand. But in throwing his racket behind him in frustration, he inadvertently hit a spectator in the first row of the stands.

British tennis player Cameron Norrie has apologized after throwing his racket and accidentally striking a spectator during a 6-2, 6-3 loss to Facundo Díaz Acosta at the Auckland Classic.

Auckland-born Norrie was facing match point against Facundo Diaz Acosta of Argentina when he lightly tossed his racquet into the air. The racquet struck a woman in a court-side box who was unhurt. Video of the incident showed a woman in a hat reacting quickly and deflecting the racquet away as the crowd gasped.

Cameron Norrie apologized after his racket, thrown in frustration, hit a spectator during a match against Facundo Diaz Acosta in Auckland. Though unhurt, the spectator was quickly assured of Norrie's intentions.

Cameron Norrie hit an Auckland spectator after throwing his racket in a moment of frustration but didn't get defaulted and later defended himself he absolutely didn't intend to do that.

Britain's Cameron Norrie apologises after throwing his racquet and accidentally hitting a spectator during his loss to Facundo Diaz Acosta.

Tennis player Cameron Norrie accidentally threw his racquet into the stands, hitting a spectator during his first-round defeat to Facundo Diaz Acosta at the Auckland Classic in New Zealand on Tuesday,

Norrie was eliminated in the first round of the tournament by the Argentine Facundo Díaz Acosta. British tennis star Cameron Norrie apologized and avoided disqualification when a racket he threw in the air hit a spectator on Tuesday at the ATP Tour tournament in Auckland.

British No 2 Cameron Norrie has avoided disqualification after accidentally hitting a spectator with his racquet during a match at the ATP Tour tournament in Auckland. The incident occurred during Norrie's match against Argentina's Facundo Diaz Acosta at the ASB Classic.