Model ball girls at Tennis Masters Series in Madrid

MADRID - A troupe of models streamed on to the court of the Madrid Masters tennis tournament and into the centre of a controversy about whether they were trivialising the competition.

The 19 to 28-year-olds were drafted in as ball-girls to replace the young fans who usually run around picking up stray balls and handing towels to players and will work in most of the televised matches at the tournament.

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