On Monday morning, the world's most prominent ball boy story featured an Oakland A's employee snow-coning a screaming line drive.
On Tuesday morning, ball boy stories have taken a turn for the worse. A youngster at the Barcelona Open tripped and smashed his face into the wall during a match.
The perils of being a ballboy in Barcelona. Ouch! pic.twitter.com/dCa3dmuW6o
— Stroppa Del (@stroppadel) April 18, 2016
Give the kid credit. He literally eats the blue wall and pops right back up. Former world No. 9 (and current No. 66) Nicolas Almagro is not amused as he gets ready to serve. Come on, man, everyone is trying to get used to clay court season.
Justice was served. Teymuraz Gabashvili defeated grumpy Almagro in three sets.