Ballboy pees on court... causes delays

[wooohooo]

http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2010/01/1...-delays-match/

American Donald Young beat Christophe Rochus 1-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the Australian Open Tuesday.

But just as Young had broken serve in the fourth set and started to take control of the match, there was an inexplicable delay.

Young explained: "A ballboy started peeing on himself. So that was really unfortunate.''

You mean that metaphorically, right?

"I looked back and it was dripping on the court,'' Young said. "He ran off. And when he ran off ..."

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It left a trail on the court. Well, you can't just keep playing a major tennis tournament with urine on the court. For one thing, it looks bad. But for another, the players could slip in it and get hurt.

"They came out with the blower,'' Young said, "and it wasn't working, so ...''

The delay lasted half an hour.

Yikes!! Maybe they should make every ballboy wear mandatory diapers now.

[krazycanuck]

Originally Posted by wooohooo

http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2010/01/1...-delays-match/



Yikes!! Maybe they should make every ballboy wear mandatory diapers now.

Time to bring back ballmen

[HOOT]

That episode had me crying the first time I saw it!

[flylock shox]

No big deal. There's a streaker at pretty much every tournament.

Hai-Yo!

[flylock shox]

I liked this part:

The incident occurred just after a spirited display of tennis that saw Rochus win a fourteen shot rally with a neat backhand that caught the line to Young's left, setting the Frenchman up with a double break point.

"The crowd were really into it," said Young after the match. "About a hundred of his supporters were yelling at the top of their lungs. I think the ballboy thought they were yelling at him and took their shouts of "Oui, Oui!" a bit literally."




double Hai-Yo!