British player Jodie Burrage forgot tennis and impressed at Wimbledon when she came to the rescue of an unwell ball boy with some Percy Pig sweets.
Quick-thinking Burrage noticed that the ball boy looked unsteady on his feet and when he sat down behind her service line, she hurried to the player fridge to fetch an energy drink. She also gave him an energy gel from her personal pocket to help cheer him up, and crouched in front of him to see if he was okay.
Thanks to the help of a generous member of the crowd, the 23-year-old Burrage was also able to offer him some of the pork gum treats.
It was worrying that the British no. 5 was the fastest to perform on track 18 as she had her first-round match against Lesia Tsurenko to focus on – and was 5-2 behind in the first set when the break began.
But it took five minutes for medical care to show up for the afflicted ball boy, and Burrage’s opponent Tsurenko also looked worried as he leaned over the net to see if the boy was OK while waiting for official help. has.