A MILLIONAIRE businessman who snatched a cap from the hands of a young tennis fan at the US Open has issued a grovelling apology.

In a full mea culpa, Polish magnate Piotr Szczerek said he made "a huge mistake" when he swiped the hat from the youngster's grasp .

Footage of the incident - captured moments after Kamil Majchrzak's five-set victory - went viral and saw Szczerek branded the "most hated man on the internet".

A flurry of fake statements written by hoax accounts impersonating the boss had been circulating online - but the latest post comes from his official long-standing Facebook account.

In the statement, Szczerek, who has also been dubbed the " new Coldplay kisscam CEO ", said he allowed emotion to get the better of him and mistakenly thought the player was gesturing t

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