Wimbledon’s team of ball boys and girls (BBGs - note: not ‘ball kids’...) are the unsung heroes of the tennis world. These mysterious, attentive beings, carefully plucked from a pool of 250 ...

With this year's Wimbledon tournament well and truly underway, scores of the competition's ball boys and girls will finally get a chance to put their weeks and months of preparation to the test in ...

We’re talking about the ball boys and ball girls (or BBGs as they're known in SW19). The tradition at Wimbledon started in the 1920s, when young boys would be recruited to assist matches from ...

A 135 mph serve by Nick Kyrgios hit the arm of a ball girl, forcing her to leave the match with the help of Denis Istomin.

Sport Academy: Why did you want to be a ball boy? Dermot: My sister did it, so I've always wanted to as well. Two free weeks at Wimbledon ain't a bad reason! Plus we're missing all the assessments at ...

When a ball girl was jumping to pull a ball from the backcourt hedge, Del Potro, living up to his "gentle giant" nickname, used his 6'6" height to grab the ball with ease and hand it to his ...