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Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz rushed over when a ball girl took a tumble early in their Paris Masters quarter-final. Fritz was serving under pressure at 2-2 (30-30) when a ball kid ran back to the corner to assume her position, but seemed to lose her footing and fell down. Photographers and other staff in the corner quickly came to her aid. Fritz had been about to serve, but when he realised what happened, he came straight over, and Alcaraz crossed the net to check on her too.
It’s the second day running that a ball kid has hurt themselves during a match in Paris. On Thursday evening, a ball girl was hit in the face after Fritz hit a serve against Arthur Fils. The ball rebounded off the backboard and made contact with her. She tried to shake it off but became emotional, and Fils walked over to help her off the court.
“I think the ball girl twisted her ankle or something,” commentator Daniela Hantuchova said as the ball girl fell and landed on the ground during the Alcaraz vs Fritz clash. “That’s back-to-back Taylor Fritz matches that a ball girl has gotten injured,” Adam Fielder replied.
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