By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Photo credit: Rob Newell/CameraSport
Harriet Dart prefers her bagels served up with salt.
Absorbing a 6-0, 6-3 thrashing from French wild card Lois Boisson brought out the salty side in Dart today.
Watch Dart diss her opponents body odor making this bizarre request.
Harriet Dart asked the umpire to tell her opponent to wear deodorant 😳She lost the match 6-0 6-3
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— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) April 15, 2025
“Can you tell her to wear some deodorant because the smell is really bad,” Dart asked the chair umpire during a changeover.
The request did not pass the smell test: Boisson streaked through seven straight games to open and won three games in a row to close the straight-sets victory.