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Ball boy takes nasty spill behind Maria Sharapova
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Ball boy takes nasty spill behind Maria Sharapova

Published May. 17, 2015 3:55 p.m. ET
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By Sam Galanis

Embarrassing yourself on television is, well, embarrassing, but it can be pretty darn hilarious for everyone else.

Cameras were on tennis star Maria Sharapova during the women’s final of the Italian Open on Sunday when an unsuspecting ball boy came in hot behind her in an attempt to fetch an umbrella. Instead, he tripped over something and hit the ground face-first.

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Luckily, the guy played it off like a champ and didn’t seem to be hurt at all.

The little blooper might have lifted Sharapova’s spirits, too, as she rallied back from a set down to to beat Carla Suarez Navarro for the title.

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