The Australian Open is the latest global sporting event attempting to appeal to a new generation of fans whose attention is rarely focused on the competition at hand - but droves of athletes have ...

(AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File) Ball kids dry Margaret Court Arena as rain interrupted second round matches at the ...

She pumped her fist and looked at her team, pointing down to the court as if to say, “This is it”. Two points later, she’d beaten Olga Danilovic to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals.

FILE - Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus helps a ball kid catch an insect during her quarterfinal against Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne ...

Now it's time for ball boys and ball girls to take center court in a reality-style documentary ... is set to ''lift the lid on the unsung heroes of the Australian Open.'' It was filmed at the ...

Ball kids dry Margaret Court Arena as rain interrupted second round matches at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 18, 2024. Credit ...