A thankless task? More like 'crazy good', say Australian Open's top ballkids

By Tessa van der Riet
Updated February 13 2015 - 10:18am, first published January 31 2015 - 3:50pm
Zoe Carr (left) and Sam McLachlan get their moment of glory after being named the top ballkids of this year's Open. Photo: Graham Denholm
Zoe Carr (left) and Sam McLachlan get their moment of glory after being named the top ballkids of this year's Open. Photo: Graham Denholm
The friendliest player? Rafael Nadal, according to Zoe Carr. "He's pretty amazing to ballkids. He's so nice." Photo: Lee Jin-man
The friendliest player? Rafael Nadal, according to Zoe Carr. "He's pretty amazing to ballkids. He's so nice." Photo: Lee Jin-man

Even if he's stressed, Rafael Nadal will always thank the ballkids in "his nice little accent". Roger Federer is another player who is still polite under pressure.

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