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US Open officials have been accused of being 'sexist' after French tennis player Alize Cornet was punished with a code violation because she took her shirt off briefly.

Cornet was captured on Tuesday at the tournament in New York as she walked back to the court for her match against Johanna Larsson.

Cornet then realized she accidentally put her Sports top on backwards.

She quickly pulled her shirt up then turned away from cameras to place her top on the correct way.

During the roughly 10-second clothing change, she exposed her black sports bra.

Chair umpire, Christian Rask, punished Cornet with a bizarre code violation after the incident which he deemed inappropriate.

The WTA rulebook states that female players are not permitted to change attire while on the court. Male players, however, are permitted to do so.

Cornet ended up losing the match against Larsson 6-4, 3-6, 2-6 with temperatures reaching close to 36C.

Twitter users however took to social media to express their anger at the punishment.

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