Greatest Ballkids Moments of 2026 | Australian Open

He caught the first ball off Sonnego's foot and then the second one off the net. They say these things normally come along in threes. It gets to those expectations we put on them, but with Nicola... Oh, that must have hurt. With Nicola, you just got to feel she's the real deal. He should have taken the first against Andre Agassi and Roger Federer. Yes! I love it. One, and two. Look at these. Disgusted with himself at missing that backhand volley. I think it's missed. Definitely missed the core. It must have been a bit of a shock for that young chap. It sounded like it hit the umpire's chair. Let's have another look. This is probably not the best angle. Oh, it did hit him, I think. Poor chap. I hope he's okay. The tension in the racket. Can you ask Coco to give you the two high tension two? Bring me the racket. He was wanting the ball person to bring him two of her rackets with higher tensions. Bring them to him. JC Farrell is asking for that. He has to be careful because Goff can't go over there and talk to him. The changeover when she's theoretically going to be on the other side of the court. That's why he's doing everything through the ball person. I don't speak French, but I understand the numbers in French. I think they were delineating between the two of them. String tension. I don't know if it's because the roof is closed. Conditions are very different to what they have been when she's been playing in the daytime. He's in the wrong spot. Shame on that crowd getting on that poor kid. Not fair. The ball person just lost the shoe. Poor kid's work is never done.