Until this evening, the only occupational hazard I associated with being a ball boy at the Australian Open was having to wear one of those flap-back caps. After watching the video embedded below, well, NWTS.
From Seven News this evening comes footage of Melbourne Park’s unluckiest linesman copping one straight in the titular balls, boy, during this afternoon’s second round match between Feliciano Lopez and Adrian Mannarino. The serve in question was recorded as travelling at 196km/h.
I’m screaming.
For those of you playing along at home, twelfth seed Lopez is now through to the third round after Mannarino was forced to retire from heat exhaustion after holding a two-set lead.
via Seven News
