The Tennis Times » ball kids http://thetennistimes.com Your Look Inside The World Of Tennis From a Players Perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:48:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Ball Kids Lose Out at Australian Open Next Year. Is This Why Players Get More Prizemoney? http://thetennistimes.com/ball-kids-lose-out-at-australian-open-next-year-is-this-why-players-get-more-prizemoney/ http://thetennistimes.com/ball-kids-lose-out-at-australian-open-next-year-is-this-why-players-get-more-prizemoney/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:24:34 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=293 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.

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