Well he'll never be accused of not trying.

An ambitious ball boy stole the show in the midst of a Barcelona Open first-round match between Nicolas Almagro and Teymuraz Gabashvili. In doing so, he quite literally hit a wall.

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Gabashvili won by a 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 count, though the story of the match was that a speedy, resilient youth tripped as he took to his otherwise inconspicuous station on court. He may have left with bruises, but he gained the knowledge that he instantly created one of the season's most meme-able moments.

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