ball girl

noun

: a female attendant who retrieves balls for players or officials (as in a tennis match or a baseball or basketball game)

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Video on social media showed the awkward moment when Putintseva appeared to give the ball girl a cold shoulder during the second set of the 6-3, 6-4 loss. —

Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2024 When a ball girl went to give her balls to serve, Putintseva refused to react, watching listlessly as the ball girl tossed three balls her way, as seen in a video shared on X, formerly known as Twitter. —

Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024 The landscape would radically shift again in 1977 when ball girls were introduced to the tournament. —

Jon Haworth, ABC News, 12 July 2024 Most interestingly, Smullen’s suspicion of Irina was engineered by a ball girl, Ashlee (Aubrey Matalon), whose eye for scams helped her spot Cliff surreptitiously placing the fateful towel on Yoyo’s side of the court. —

Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ball girl