WATCH: Australian Open Tennis Players Rush to Aid Collapsed Ball Kid
A first-round match in the Australian Open was temporarily interrupted when a ball kid collapsed on the court, receiving immediate assistance from both players in the match.
Argentinian player Federico Delbonis and Spain’s Pedro Martinez were engaged in a tight first set that had gone to tie-break when the unidentified ball kid collapsed. A camera focused on Martinez showed him noticing the collapsed attendant and rushing to their aid, joined by Delbonis.
The Twitter account for Australia’s Wide World of Sports tweeted the video with a caption applauding the players, noting they “Didn’t hesitate to help a ball kid who’d just collapsed in the heat.”
The courts during the Australian Open can become unbearably hot, but it appears that the temperature was 23 degrees Celsius, which converts to a relatively mild 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Australian Open is probably delighted to be getting some different sort of attention in its first round after a massive international controversy sparked by top-rated Novak Djokovic, who was denied an Australian visa due to not having received a Covid-19 vaccination.
Watch above via WWOS.
