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.

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.

Cameron Norrie flipped his tennis racket into the stands, hitting a woman who was watching his ASB Classic match in Auckland. The British tennis star later apologized and said he was not happy with his behavior.

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.”

Cameron Norrie was facing a match point against Argentina’s Facundo Diaz Acosta when he accidentally hit a spectator seated at court-side while tossing his racquet in the air.

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,

Cameron Norrie was fortunate to avoid disqualification in his defeat to Facundo Diaz Acosta at the ASB Classic after throwing his racket and hitting a fan in the crowd

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.

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 lost his cool during his first-round match at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, and accidentally struck a spectator with his racket