Meet Piotr Szczerek- Polish company owner who grabbed Kamil Majchrzak’s signed cap from a child at U

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Meet Piotr Szczerek- Polish company owner who grabbed Kamil Majchrzak’s signed cap from a child at US open

Financial Express
by Anjana PV
August 30, 2025

What started as a sweet gesture at the US Open quickly turned sour. After beating ninth seed Karen Khachanov, Polish tennis player Kamil Majchrzak tried to hand his cap to a young boy in the crowd. But before the boy could grab it, a man standing nearby snatched the cap and hid it in his partner’s bag.

The moment was caught on camera and spread online within hours. Fans were furious, calling the act “selfish” and “disgusting.” Some even urged the US Open to take action against the man.

Internet users soon identified him as Piotr Szczerek, the CEO of a Polish paving company called Drogbruk. Facing heavy backlash, Szczerek turned off comments on his social media accounts.

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Is this the most hated man on the internet? CEO unmasked after footage of him snatching US Open star's hat out of little boy's hands caused uproar

Daily Mail
By AIDAN RADNEDGE
30 August 2025



A top chief executive has been accused of snatching a child tennis fan's hat at the US Open - with his firm now facing negative online reviews.

Viral video footage revealed the moments after Polish player Kamil Majchrzak went to the crowd after the biggest win of his career.

The 29-year-old defeated ninth seed Karen Khachanov in a marathon five-set thriller on Thursday - and then was filmed removing his cap and trying to hand it to a child in the crowd on Court 11.

But in ugly scenes, a man standing next to the boy reached out, grabbed the cap and stuffed it into his bag.

That left the youngster looking crestfallen and asking, 'What are you doing?' as Majchrzak walked away, unaware of what had just happened.

Now there has been a rising backlash against the hat grabber.

And there appeared online a lengthy statement in his defence, by someone purporting to be the businessman's lawyer.

Yet that was later deleted, with the legal official telling people he had been misrepresented.

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