Well she did apologize after so that is something.......
The awkward moment sparked controversy on social media.
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This is super super super rare on both the men's and women's tours. There are some real assholes on both tours, but even they never disrespect the "ball people". I cut her a bit of a break because she wasn't totally disrespecting the ball kid, but even so, ya don't do that.
I can't ever recall seeing a player doing anything negative to a "ball person", especially since most are under the age of 16, I mean ya gotta be a real shit-bag to take out your frustration on a little kid. No matter how angry ya get in the moment, ya never disrespect a ball kid.
And for the record when I played I did all kinds of crazy shit (chucking my racquet, smashing my racquet, hell I even got into a fist fight a couple times), but I never ever did anything negative to a ball kid, ever.