Australian Open delayed after ball-boy wets himself

Shocked tennis fans at the Australian Open were forced to sit through an unschedule forty minute interval, when a ball boy wet himself.

2000 stunned supporters were enjoying Tuesday's Court 10 match between American Donald Young and Belgian Christopher Rochus, when the nervous ball boy had an accident.

Young had just broken his opponent's serve when the youngster lost control and a damp patch began to appear at the corner of the blue synthetic court.

Officials at the Grand Slam tournament were forced to delay the match by forty minutes, while steps were taken to clean up the mess and replace the embarassed teenager.

Speaking after his four set victory, promising tennis star Young, 20, said: "The ball kid peed on himself. It was very unfortunate. It took a while to replace him. Then they had to put the sawdust down, or whatever you put down when somebody throws up.

"Then they had to use the blower to dry the court, but the blower had no gas in it, so that took even more time."