I can't believe I missed this story from a month and a half ago.
"New balls, please" cries brave Gicquel
Thu Jun 14, 2:22 PM
HALLE, Germany (AFP) - Spare a thought for Frenchman Marc Gicquel who went on to win his second-round tie at the ATP Halle tournament despite receiving a serve - travelling at 208 kilometres per hour - in the testicles.
The 30-year-old was in the second set of his match against German Benjamin Becker - no connection to compatriot and tennis legend Boris - when he was felled by the serve which scored a bulls-eye straight into his delicate area.
With the speed-gun showing the serve was 208 km/h, the game was stopped for ten minutes while the Frenchman had ice applied, discreetly, to his wedding tackle - in front of a 8,000-strong crowd.
In a show of brotherly solidarity, Becker went over to his pole-axed opponent to pass on his deepest - and heart-felt - sympathy.
Having won the first set 6-2, Gicquel came off the turf - to earn the respect of each and every man watching - and won the second set on a tie-breaker in what can only be described as a truly ballsy performance, which handed him a spot in the quarter-finals for his efforts.
07-22-2007, 21:10
Lorenzo_H
Re: New balls please!
ouch.
07-22-2007, 22:37
seireikhaan
Re: New balls please!
Talk about having balls of steel... Jeez, that's gotta be painful.
07-22-2007, 23:14
Philippus Flavius Homovallumus
Re: New balls please!
Wow, I wouldn't have blamed him if he wimped out.
What a guy.
07-23-2007, 13:44
Peasant Phill
Re: New balls please!
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the game was stopped for ten minutes while the Frenchman had ice applied, discreetly, to his wedding tackle - in front of a 8,000-strong crowd.
