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.

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.

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.

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.”

British tennis star Cameron Norrie apologized and avoided disqualification when a racket he tossed in the air struck a spectator at the ATP Tour tournament in Auckland on Tuesday. Auckland-born Norrie was facing match point against Facundo Diaz Acosta of Argentina when he lightly tossed his racket into the air.

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

Briton reacted in frustration during straight-sets defeat by Facundo Diaz Acosta during Australian Open warm-up event

The British tennis star, who spent most of his childhood in Auckland, New Zealand, had a torrid time in the opening match of his home tournament against Facundo Diaz. Having lost the first set, Norrie's anger boiled over when his miscued shot into the net brought Diaz to match point in the second.

Cameron Norrie has apologised after he threw his racquet and accidentally struck a spectator during his straight-set loss to Facundo Diaz Acosta at the Auckland Classic .