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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Sinner picked up the cork and handed it to a ball girl, who sprinted off with the 2-inch disruption.
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 13 July 2025
Kate also met 12-year-old Sophie Kneen, set to do the coin toss for the women’s final, along with ball boys, ball girls and honorary stewards.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 12 July 2025
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
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 13 July 2025
Kate also met 12-year-old Sophie Kneen, set to do the coin toss for the women’s final, along with ball boys, ball girls and honorary stewards.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 12 July 2025
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
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“Ball girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20girl. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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