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The Independent UK
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Jamie Braidwood

Australian Open star dramatically comes to aid of collapsing ball girl

Zeynep Sonmez Australian Open Ekaterina Alexandrova the Australian Open Turkey
Zeynep Sonmez of Turkey helps a ball kid who fainted from the court - (AP)

Turkey’s Zeynep Sonmez came to the aid of a ball girl who collapsed due to heat exhaustion as the qualifier went on to claim a historic victory for her country at the Australian Open.

Sonmez became the first Turkish woman to reach the second round of the Australian Open as she knocked out the 11th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 on the 1573 Arena.

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