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Video: Ball kid takes one to the face at the Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia -- You'd be hard-pressed to find a better set of ball kids than the ones who work the grueling Australian Open. In legionaires hats and
Courtney Nguyen|

MELBOURNE, Australia -- You'd be hard-pressed to find a better set of ball kids than the ones who work the grueling Australian Open. In legionaires hats and burnt orange long-sleeves, these kids have withstood searing heat and, even worse, persnickety tennis players and their confusing habits and relentless demands.

You have to be alert on these blue hard courts and if you're not, well, this could happen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6SzspJ0GCk

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Courtney Nguyen
COURTNEY NGUYEN

Contributor, SI.com Nguyen is a freelance writer for SI.com, providing full coverage of professional tennis both on and off the court. Her content has become a must-read for fans and insiders to stay up-to-date with a sport that rarely rests. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows all over the world and is one of the co-hosts of No Challenges Remaining, a weekly podcast available on iTunes. Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and received a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She lives in the Bay Area.

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