Umpire Keothavong in firing line at Australian Open

ByPA Sport

Published 17/01/2018 at 11:51 GMT

The British official was hit on the head by the ball following a wayward shot by Viktor Troicki.

Umpire James Keothavong was hit on the head by a ball during Nick Kyrgios’s Australian Open match with Viktor Troicki (Vincent Thian/AP)

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Umpire James Keothavong took a ball to the head during the Australian Open match between Viktor Troicki and Nick Kyrgios.

The Serbian’s return of serve from the Australian hit Keothavong, brother of former player and Great Britain Fed Cup team captain Anne.

He was not badly hurt and even joked about the incident. Kyrgios went on to win the first round match 7-5 6-4 7-6 (7/2).

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