Tennis-Ball kids to start serving towels to players again on ATP Tour

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 9, 2023 Colombia's Daniel Elahi Galan wipes his hands on a towel as a ballkid looks on during his fourth round match against Italy's Jannik Sinner REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Players on the ATP Tour will have their towels served to them by ball kids once again after the Wimbledon championships, the men's association confirmed on Tuesday.

The sight of ball kids scurrying around handing towels to sweaty players was stopped as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with players instead fetching their own towels from the back of the court as and when required.