The French Open has rejected Miyu Kato's appeal against the ranking points and prize money she lost after her controversial disqualification from the women's doubles event.Kato and her partner Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from the women's doubles in the third round. Facing Marie Bouzkova and Sara Sorribes Tormo, the Indonesian-Japanese pair had lost the opening set before bouncing back to take a 3-1 lead in the second.Then, Kato's attempt to pass the ball back accidentally hit a ball girl, which first saw them get a warning and then eventually a disqualification. It was later revealed that Roland Garros also took away Kato and Sutjiadi's prize money and rankings points.Kato later stated that she had appealed for the points and prize money to be restored.“It’s unfortunate about the disqualification. I’m looking for a positive outcome for my appeal, so I can receive my points & prize money,” she said in Paris.This week, Kato was in action at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenhosch, Netherlands, where she and Sutjiadi were eliminated in the opening round. After the defeat, she took to social media and revealed that the French Open rejected her appeal and also fined her.Miyu Kato / 加藤 未唯@miyukato1121My first match on grass didn’t go as expected.The French Open (Roland Garros) fined me as well as rejecting my appeal for getting my prize money and points so all I can do is to keep looking forwards.Next stop → Berlin twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1964139My first match on grass didn’t go as expected.The French Open (Roland Garros) fined me as well as rejecting my appeal for getting my prize money and points so all I can do is to keep looking forwards.Next stop → Berlin🇩🇪 twitter.com/i/web/status/1… https://t.co/xFv3Z4RkUTTennis fans were quick to react to the news. One stated that it was a 'heinous crime' and wished her luck for the rest of the season."They committed a heinous crime against you. So bad. Good luck for the rest of the season and hope you can put RG in the rear view mirror," a fan said.Divinity Mode 🇺🇦@jaketennisnut@miyukato1121 They committed a heinous crime against you. So bad. Good luck for the rest of the season and hope you can put RG in the rear view mirror.28@miyukato1121 They committed a heinous crime against you. So bad. Good luck for the rest of the season and hope you can put RG in the rear view mirror.Christian Zahalka, an ATP and WTA coach, expressed disappointment with the outcome."Very wrong decision extremely disappointing from the tournament referees!" read the tweet.Christian Zahalka@ZMANstories@miyukato1121 Very wrong decision extremely disappointing from the tournament referees !84@miyukato1121 Very wrong decision extremely disappointing from the tournament referees !Former English pro Mark Petchey echoed Zahalka's sentiments."You don’t deserve that at all. Wrong decision," he said.Mark Petchey@_markpetchey@miyukato1121 You don’t deserve that at all. Wrong decision.461@miyukato1121 You don’t deserve that at all. Wrong decision.Here are a few more fan reactions:VP@velvetpundit@miyukato1121 Heartbreaking news indeed… But we’ll keep on supporting you Miyu!!!4@miyukato1121 Heartbreaking news indeed… 😭 But we’ll keep on supporting you Miyu!!!Ritwika Dhar@RituD307@miyukato1121 They also fined you?? What's this clownery from RG?!@miyukato1121 They also fined you?? What's this clownery from RG?!Fantasy Tennis League 💎@FantasyTennisL1@miyukato1121 That's disappointing Miyu. I did hope that after reviewing the video evidence they would have shown a bit of leniency. But RG still had a fairy tale ending for you.One thing good that has come out of this is that you now have many more fans following your progress!4@miyukato1121 That's disappointing Miyu. I did hope that after reviewing the video evidence they would have shown a bit of leniency. But RG still had a fairy tale ending for you.One thing good that has come out of this is that you now have many more fans following your progress!TeIegrammiDiTennis@TelDiTen@miyukato1121 Just to clarify: they took your prize money away AND on top of that they also fined you?11@miyukato1121 Just to clarify: they took your prize money away AND on top of that they also fined you?Aasulv 'Wolf' Austad@wolf_and_cub@miyukato1121 Defaulting for a ball that is perfectly avoidable by the ball person enables game fixing by ball persons. What @rolandgarros has done could become very damaging to tennis. They will regret this decision.91@miyukato1121 Defaulting for a ball that is perfectly avoidable by the ball person enables game fixing by ball persons. What @rolandgarros has done could become very damaging to tennis. They will regret this decision.Jeniffer L. Estrada@Jeniestra@miyukato1121 A terrible decision, but we are with you, Miyu .1@miyukato1121 A terrible decision, but we are with you, Miyu 🙏.Anne Robert@emmatimothe@miyukato1121 I'm so sorry for you, I wish you the best in future.3@miyukato1121 I'm so sorry for you, I wish you the best in future.Hiroyuki Kimura@kaburagi2011@miyukato1121 That's right .Don't look back.We’ll always support you.6@miyukato1121 That's right .Don't look back.We’ll always support you.Septian Johanka@Septian_Johanka@miyukato1121 That is heartbreaking. A default might be cold but rejecting appeal for prize money and points are horrendous. Keep going forward, Kato. We support you.3@miyukato1121 That is heartbreaking. A default might be cold but rejecting appeal for prize money and points are horrendous. Keep going forward, Kato. We support you.Pascal Bourdin@PascalBourdin@miyukato1121 It's a shame ! Stay positive we support you..1@miyukato1121 It's a shame ! Stay positive we support you..Miyu Kato puts controversy behind her to clinch mixed doubles title at French OpenMiyu Kato and Tim Puetz won the 2023 French Open mixed doubles.Miyu Kato put the disappointment of getting disqualified from the women's doubles behind by emerging victorious in the French Open mixed doubles.She and her German partner Tim Puetz clinched the title with a 4-6. 6-4, 10-6 defeat of Bianca Andreescu and Michael Venus. This sees Kato and Puetz take home €122,000 ($132,399) in prize money.After the win, she thanked everyone for their support and stated that she had a mentally challenging time since the women's doubles controversy.“Congratulations to Bianca & Michael. It was a great match. To my partner Tim, I’m so glad I have you. Thank you for always supporting me & cheering me up. To my coach, thank you for always being with me. It has been really challenging mentally after disqualification,” she said.