TIM PUETZ has been hailed by fans aft helium rushed to the assistance of a struggling ballboy.
The tennis prima was featuring successful the Australian Open men's doubles erstwhile helium turned hero.
Puetz, 37, noticed 1 of the ballboys struggling successful the aggravated vigor connected the tribunal astatine the 1573 Arena.
He ran implicit to assistance and carried him implicit to assistance portion the umpire phoned for assistance.
The German stood by portion the lad was fixed h2o and attended to connected the broadside of the court.
A clip of the infinitesimal has gone viral connected social media, with galore fans praising his actions.
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One posted: "Tim’s each class."
A 2nd wrote: "Respect."
A 3rd commented: "True sportsmanship."
A 4th said: "Love this stuff. Humanity astatine its best."
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Another added: "That’s a bully antheral close there."
Puetz besides enjoyed occurrence connected the tribunal successful the 3rd circular clash.
World fig 1 Jannik Sinner seen trembling successful worrying scenes during Australian Open triumph implicit Holger Rune
He and his spouse Kevin Krawietz overcame Sander Gille and Jan Zielinski to beforehand to the 4th circular of the tournament.
Despite losing the archetypal set, they were capable to travel backmost to assertion triumph to triumph the match.
The 2 germans volition present look British brace Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool successful the quarter-finals connected Wednesday.