Mark Philippoussis

Mark Philippoussis still takes his tennis very seriously — just ask the ballkid who got caught in the way of the Aussie tennis legend at the Australian ...

Watch Tennis Live with beIN SPORTS on Kayo. Live Coverage of ATP + WTA Tour Tournaments including Every Finals Match. Philippoussis and Baghdatis lost the first set 6-1 and made a better fist of it in the second set, but ultimately lost 6-1 6-4 to the Bryan brothers. He was aiming to flick the ball around the net but the ballkid, kneeling in position, was in the firing line and copped the ball to the body under their armpit. Mark Philippoussis still takes his tennis very seriously — just ask the ballkid who got caught in the Aussie tennis legend’s firing line at the Australian Open. Aussie tennis legend Mark Philippoussis proved he still takes the sport seriously when a ballkid accidentally got in his way.