In the two decades that he’s been playing profession tennis, Roger Federer has raised the level of tennis so high that what was considered extra-ordinary once, are almost mundane now. For instance, consider the ‘tweener: a shot that was considered near-impossible to execute, he’s pulled it off so many times that it doesn’t shock us anymore than it did the first time. Also, he’s 37 and a father of four. He might have the game to win tournaments and stay in the top-five in the rankings but he mightn’t shock and awe like he did in his younger days, right?
Wrong.
Here you go. Watch this shot and you’re most likely to react the way Nick Kyrgios does in the video:-
After powering past Kyrgios 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 to reach the fourth round of the US Open, Federer, obviously was questioned about the shot.
“You don’t get an opportunity to hit around the net post very often,” Federer said.
“You can’t train for that. The net is out further and the court is more narrow, so for a shot like this to happen in a practice, you will be running into a fence and you will hit it into the net.”
“These shots can only really happen on a big court,” he said.
His opponent, meanwhile, expressed in words his immediate reaction after witnessing the shot from the opposite end.
“It was almost unreal,” said Kyrgios, who is no stranger to trick shots of his own.
“Almost got to the point where I wanted him to start making shots like that, and I finally got it.
“If anyone else is doing those shots against me, I’m probably not too happy. But it’s Roger.”
Here’s how others reacted to the shot on Twitter:-
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