WATCH: Wimbledon ball boy returns 'missing' ball to Roger Federer after legend serves 10,000th ace
The ball will not be auctioned and the money will be given to charity
When seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer took on Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round of Wimbledon 2017, the Ukrainian ended up retiring in the 44-minute match, but not before Federer served the 10,000th ace of his professional career. Dolgopolov failed to play a cross-court delivery from the 35-year-old living legend in the eighth game of the first set; but a ball boy by the name of Haris Khan was lucky enough to retrieve the ball.
The All England Club, on it's official Wimbledon Facebook page, shared a re-enactment video of the episode, featuring both the protagonists - the server and the retriever. The post has since became a huge hit.
One moment in the video saw Federer asking, rather, requesting the ball boy to return the historic ball.
Moments later, the maestro did reveal that he will be auctioning the ball for a charity. Yes, such moments come and go in the lives of superstars, but for a ball boy, it was indeed a moment to cherish.