(Oli Scarff/Getty Images) About 700 youths apply each year to be a ball boy or girl at Wimbledon. Only about 250 make the grade.
Wimbledon's Unsung Stalwarts Strive for Invisibility
JUNE 30, 2010Jack Highberger, NBC News
Ball boy Zach Murtagh and about 250 colleagues put on what can be described as a ballet of practicality; their sole purpose is to maintain the pace of play and tend to the needs of the players, all the while striving for invisibility.
“I love tennis and being a ball boy is a great way to get close to the action,” said Murtagh, who is from Surrey in southeast England.
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