Hazards of the sport are usually reserved for competitors, but we're pretty sure that getting hit in the nuts by a Feliciano Lopez serve is not what this ball boy at the Australian Open signed up for.

And that definitely hurt, no matter how hard he tried to deny it. At least both players were sound enough to check in on him before he had to leave. And we guess he has a story to tell his kids, if he can have any now.

Via YouTube