Tennis star Lorenzo Musetti has apologized to Chinese fans after an on-court outburst in Beijing sparked outrage. The Italian world No. 9 was annoyed by coughing in the crowd during his round-of-32 match against France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at the China Open on Friday. In the second-set tie-break, Musetti lost a point to the Frenchman before shouting “these (expletive) Chinese are always coughing,” appearing to gesture to the crowd and pointing to his throat.
Tennis star apologizes to Chinese fans after coughing outburst sparks outrage

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