BRITISH star Cameron Norrie showed he has a softer side by handing a towel to a young fan he accidentally hit in the face with a ball.
The 25-year-old caught the unlucky youngster during his match against superstar Roger Federer and tried to make amends by giving the injured kid the unique souvenir.
The young lad looked visibly upset after the shot caught him in the face.
A woman sat next to him was comforting him as cameras panned in.
The stray ball was wedged in next to the boy on the seat when Norrie walked over and threw him another momento from the day.
Norrie launched his towel to the woman next to the stricken youngster and she handed it straight to the kid.
The boy was seen wiping tears away and readjusting his hair before Norrie got on with the game.
Tennis fans online were loving the interaction.
London Whisperer wrote: “Touching moment when @cam_norrie handed his towel to kid who got hit by the ball at @Wimbledon.
“Here’s hoping you win!”
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Touching moment when @cam_norrie handed his towel to kid who got hit by the ball at @Wimbledon – here’s hoping you win!
#wimbledon #wimbledonthing
#bekind pic.twitter.com/wNba7OxUZF
— thelondonwhisperer (@londonwhisperer) July 3, 2021
But Colin Millar – who was unhappy with the recent whip round for the young German fan crying during her country’s defeat to England – was not so pleased.
He posted a picture of the incident and wrote: “At Wimbledon, a young child was hit by a stray tennis ball from Cameron Norrie (v Federer) – who gifts the boy his towel to a widespread round of applause.
“Imagine how much this could have raised if the weirdest corners of social media had got their teeth into this!”
Norrie lost the first two sets to Swiss legend Federer on Centre Court.
