Majchrzak helps reunite with hat after cap snatching at US Open
Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak said he tracked down a young fan and replaced a hat after video from his US Open second round celebration showed a grown man snatching the cap intended for the child moments after Majchrzak's five set victory over ninth seed Karen Khachanov on Thursday at Flushing Meadows. The incident, captured on the tournament broadcast and rapidly shared online, prompted outrage and a social media-driven effort to reunite the boy with a memento.
The clip shows Majchrzak removing his cap and reaching into the crowd to hand it to a small boy, who reaches out. A man standing nearby then takes the cap and puts it into the bag of a woman at his side as the child shouts, "What are you doing?" Majchrzak walked away signing other items and did not immediately realize the child had not received the hat, he wrote on Instagram the following day. "After the match I didn't record that my cap didn't get to the boy," he said, adding that he had more caps to give and asking followers to help find the fan.
Within hours Majchrzak posted an update saying the boy had been located and that the matter was resolved. "I am impressed by the power of the internet. We got it! All good now," he...