The Polish CEO who was seen snatching an autographed hat from a child during the U.S. Open broke his silence after going viral .

Piotr Szczerek , the CEO of Drogbruk, said he made a "serious mistake" when he appeared to grab the cap signed by Polish tennis star Kamil Majchrzak that was intended to go to a child next to him, claiming he intended to give it to his sons.

“I would like to unequivocally apologize to the boy who was harmed, his family, as well as all the fans and the player himself,” Szczerek wrote on Instagram. “I made a serious mistake."

“In the emotions, in the crowd’s joy after the victory, I was convinced that the tennis player was handing the cap in my direction — for my sons, who had earlier asked for autographs,” he added. “It is a painful but necessary lesson

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