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Last Updated: Friday June 26 2009 15:19 GMT

What it takes to be a Wimbledon ballboy or girl

Daniel trains to be a ballboy

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Ever watched the ballboys and girls at Wimbledon and thought you'd like to do it?

With 40,000 tennis balls used in the championships that's a lot of running around and picking up.

Sportsround bounced along to find out just what it takes to train for the tennis tournament everyone's watching. Check this out.

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