{"id":108089,"date":"2025-08-30T15:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T15:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/108089\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T15:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T15:50:07","slug":"tennis-star-kamil-majchrzak-responds-after-grown-man-steals-hat-he-gifted-to-young-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/108089\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis star Kamil Majchrzak responds after grown man steals hat he gifted to young fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"eGpZ5-TWAb\" data-wc=\"31\">A grown man is facing widespread backlash after being caught on camera snatching a gifted hat meant for a young fan from Polish tennis star Kamil Majchrzak at the US Open.<\/p>\n<p id=\"e_Q58ajrpCg\" data-wc=\"34\">The disturbing incident unfolded Thursday afternoon, shortly after Majchrzak\u2019s dramatic five-set victory over <a class=\"hm-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hola.com\/us\/celebrities\/20250826852197\/ben-shelton-trinity-rodman-us-open-shoutout\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">No. 9 seed<\/a> Karen Khachanov. As the tennis star greeted fans and signed autographs courtside, broadcast footage captured the upsetting moment.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ehM_Nhv-WH\" data-wc=\"52\">Majchrzak had removed his hat and reached out to hand it to a young boy in the stands \u2014 only for a man nearby, holding a tennis ball, to swoop in and grab it. He then stuffed the cap into his wife\u2019s bag, seemingly indifferent to the child it was intended for.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eeViREgSRR\" data-wc=\"35\">\u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d the stunned boy yelled, clearly distraught by the shameless act. The man ignored the child\u2019s protests and even had the audacity to push a water bottle toward Majchrzak, requesting another autograph.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eFwJyUyGFI\" data-wc=\"28\">Unaware of what had just transpired, Majchrzak <a class=\"hm-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hola.com\/us\/entertainment\/20250828852725\/latino-players-us-open-making-headlines\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">continued signing autographs<\/a>. It wasn\u2019t until the following day that he realized the hat never made it to the intended recipient.<\/p>\n<p id=\"el_78nONZh\" data-wc=\"30\">\u201cAfter the match I didn\u2019t record that my cap didn\u2019t get to the boy,\u201d the 29-year-old athlete wrote in an Instagram post Friday, alongside screenshots of the heartbroken young fan.<\/p>\n<p id=\"exqusPqalL\" data-wc=\"25\">\u201cHey Guys, could you help me find the Kid from my match. If it\u2019s you (or your parents see this), please send me a DM.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"epQYcijRta\" data-wc=\"25\">An hour later, Majchrzak shared a follow-up post confirming the boy had been found and expressed his gratitude: \u201cImpressed by the power of the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"eZvrfDrSUp\" data-wc=\"36\">Online, fans and social media users have been quick to condemn the man who turned what should\u2019ve been a touching moment into a public outrage. Many labeled him a \u201cjerk,\u201d a \u201cterrible man,\u201d and an \u201ca**hole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"eKesKcWPB0\" data-wc=\"12\">\u201cStealing from a child is completely disgusting,\u201d one Reddit user wrote Friday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eqP7xY4Ila\" data-wc=\"7\">Luckily, everything worked out in the end!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A grown man is facing widespread backlash after being caught on camera snatching a gifted hat meant for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,361,75,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-108089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}