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<\/p>\nTennis player says trophy was stolen during U.S. Open <\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Tennis player says trophy was stolen during U.S. Open<\/p>\n 00:40<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n A man who took tennis player Kamil Majchrzak’s hat from a young fan at the U.S. Open apologized on social media and said he has returned it.<\/p>\n Piotr Szczerek posted an apology<\/a> on social media Monday after video of the incident<\/a> went viral over the weekend. The broadcast showed Szczerek grabbing Majchrzak’s hat from a boy after the player’s singles match against Karen Khachanov.<\/p>\n Szczerek, who the\u00a0New York Times<\/a> reported is the CEO of a Polish paving company, wrote on Facebook that he made a mistake thinking Majchrzak was giving him the hat for his sons, who had asked earlier for an autograph. In the post, he said he had apologized personally.<\/p>\n “I take full responsibility for my extremely poor judgment and hurtful actions. It was never my intent to steal away a prized memento from the young fan,” he wrote. “Regardless of what I believed was happening, the actions I took hurt the young boy and disappointed the fans.”<\/p>\n Majchrzak said on social media that he reached out to the boy’s family and met with him to give him a new hat and take photos with him. <\/p>\n Majchrzak posted an image of him standing and smiling next to the boy wearing the cap, BBC News reported<\/a>. “Hello World, together with Brock we wish you a great day!” the tennis player’s caption said.<\/p>\n Kamil Majchrzak during US Open 2025 tennis tournament in New York USA on 28 August 2025.<\/p>\n Foto Olimpik\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n The 29-year-old Majchrzak, who is also from Poland, retired from his match Saturday because of an undisclosed injury.<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n ![\"US](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gettyimages-2231864785.jpg#.jpeg\")
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