{"id":2075,"date":"2016-02-27T06:01:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T22:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/27\/ball-dogs-are-the-best-little-helpers-at-the-tennis-match\/"},"modified":"2016-02-27T06:01:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T22:01:56","slug":"ball-dogs-are-the-best-little-helpers-at-the-tennis-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/27\/ball-dogs-are-the-best-little-helpers-at-the-tennis-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Ball dogs are the best little helpers at the tennis match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen_shot_2016-02-26_at_3.57.53_pm\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAyLzI2L2RiL1NjcmVlbl9TaG90LjJmMzFmLnBuZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/47773f40\/038\/Screen_Shot_2016-02-26_at_3.57.53_PM.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Ball+dogs+are+the+best+little+helpers+at+the+tennis+match&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F26%2Fball-dogs%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F26%2Fball-dogs%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>We all fell in love with the ball-retrieving wonder dogs that <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/01\/08\/dogs-ball-boys-venus-williams\/\">assisted Venus Williams<\/a> at the ASB Classic. 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