Tennis Ball Boys Operating Under Extreme Duress at Shanghai Rolex Masters

The Shanghai Rolex Masters are taking place right now. Most of the action happens while Americans are asleep so it takes a few hours for the news about this onslaught of tennis ball-related violence towards ballboys to reach our portion of the Internet. First we have a serve by Vasek Pospisil smacking a kid during a match. Grigor Dimitrov had to comfort that kid.

Something similar must have happened during this match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Alexander Zverev because Tsonga briefly stopped playing to comfort a crying ball boy. Maybe this is why Nick Kyrgios was so upset.

" Watch: @tsonga7 shows his softer side after a @SHRolexMasters ball kid takes a hit. https://t.co/BmumqVcmrF pic.twitter.com/rjgjdpvbWj — TennisTV (@TennisTV) October 13, 2016 "