00:00Polish businessman Piotr Szczerek apologizes for snatching a cap given by a tennis player to a boy in the US Open.
00:08He says he takes responsibility for his extremely poor judgment and hurtful actions.
00:13The businessman faced backlash after a viral video showed him taking a signed cap from a young man given by Polish star Kamil Matzrak
00:20after his upset win over Russian 9th seed Karen Kachanov on August 29.
00:25The boy named Brock pleaded to get the cap back but was ignored.
00:29Szczerek says in a Facebook post,
00:32Regardless of what I believed was happening, the actions I took hurt the young boy and disappointed the fans.
00:37He adds he sent his apology to the family of the boy and gave the cap back hoping that he is able to repair the harm he caused.
00:44Matzrak used social media to find the boy and met with him and his family a few days later giving Brock another signed cap.
00:51Brock also got to take a photo with Matzrak who posted it on Instagram.
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