Rafael Nadal won his opening Australian Open match earlier today, but not without one of his racquets going missing.
The Spaniard took on Britain’s Jack Draper and while winning 4-3 in the first set, the great Spaniard noticed something wasn’t right. During the changeover the defending champion at Melbourne Park held up proceedings as he noticed his racquet was nowhere to be seen.
He tired to locate it but it became apparent that one of the ball boys had accidentally taken the racquet that the tennis legend was still using. "It's this one for the stringer, not that one," a flustered Nadal attempted to explain to the bewildered umpire. "I need the racquet back! It is this not one. I need the dampener and everything. The ball boy took my racquet!"
