22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal became visibly rattled when a ball boy appeared to run away with his racquet during the Australian Open.
Superstar tennis player Rafael Nadal did not have a smooth first round at theEverything halted during the opening set of Nadal's match against Jack Draper when the 22-time grand slam champion went to his court-side seat to switch"It’s this one for the stringer, not that one," Nadal could be heard explaining to the umpire.
The Spaniard had requested one of his rackets be re-stringed, but the ball boy took the wrong one. At one point, Nadal turned to Draper to exclaimed"the ball boy took my racket." TENNIS SUPERSTAR NAOMI OSAKA ANNOUNCES SHE'S PREGNANT By winning his first-round match, Nadal continues the 26-year streak of a defending champion making it past the Aussie Open's first round.
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