Rafael Nadal in Barcelona
Rafael Nadal just hanging out with the kids in Barcelona.
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Ball Kids Lose Out at Australian Open Next Year. Is This Why Players Get More Prizemoney?
From January, they will be denied the miserly per diem of $42 a match awarded for fetching balls, handling the sweat-laden towels and, perhaps, verbal serves from surly stars.
In place will be a gift package from the Open sponsors, although Tennis Australia was adamant it would match and possibly exceed what the kids could normally expect to earn in pocket-money.
The $20 daily allowance has been cut to an $8 snack package – about the cost of a sandwich in the player and media restaurant last year – but will also receive a lunch-pack that will compensate for the reduction, a spokesman said.
