All tennis events have been suspended due to the epidemic. So what are the tennis superstars doing during the "gap period" of these few months? Will they keep training as usual?
’s answer may be a little surprising – they chose to become internet celebrity KOLs. Just in the past few days, the four giants of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray have started live broadcasting, which can be regarded as catching up with the latest trend.
During the live broadcast, several superstars "connected" with each other, not only joking with each other, but also responding to some sensitive issues such as "GOAT (best in history)" and "global away games".
Nadal and Federer live.
"You are right-handed, why do you play with your left hand?"
What does the two tennis GOAT "Lianmai" look like with a combined age of over 70 years old?
In the early morning of April 20, Spanish King Nadal started a live broadcast on social media. At first, he communicated with fans in English and Spanish during the live broadcast, just like on the court, so focused that he ignored the invitation of a certain "legend."
It wasn't until his wife Siska appeared behind Nadal and said something to him that the king of clay reacted: "Wait a moment, I see Federer. You know this is my first live broadcast. , not that easy for me."
"It's amazing! He can win 52 French Open semi-finals in a row but can't use social media" Watch live broadcast of three-time Grand Slam winner Murray. Murray joked in the comments section.
At the same time, the famous Swiss player Wawrinka reminded another "old man" in the comment column: "Federer, please exit (the live broadcast room) first, and then come in and issue a (continuous wheat) request to Nadal."
After about five minutes of "troubleshooting", the historic moment finally happened - Federer and Nadal met in the virtual world. The excited Swiss kept asking: "Did I enter the live broadcast? I Finally came in!"
After a few words of greeting, Federer took the lead in asking Nadal: "I want to ask you something, because it has been bothering me, and that is your left-hand shooting problem. You are right-handed, why do you still play with your left hand? "
" I can't play with my right hand, which is amazing. I eat with my right hand and play basketball with my right hand, but I don't use my right hand when playing tennis and football. He is a left-hander." Nadal's reply also solved the doubts of many netizens.
Nadal and Murray connect live.
A joke between two "old people"
When it comes to tennis, Nadal can't help feeling a little emotional, because he hasn't touched a racket for a long time.
"I haven't touched a racket since Indian Wells." Nadal, who has always been known for his self-discipline, admitted to Federer that he hadn't trained for a long time. The Swiss smiled vaguely and said: "That's great. ! You can never play again after you come back." After hearing Federer's joke, Nadal still made a plan for himself seriously, "I hope I can still remember some (tennis) when I return to the tour. ) stuff.”
In fact, the Spaniard did not stop training during the epidemic. He revealed in a previous interview that although he does not have a tennis court at home, he has been doing strength training at home to keep his body in its original condition.
However, Nadal, who has been quarantined at home for more than 6 weeks, also experienced a period of loss. He was very negative at the beginning of the epidemic. Fortunately, he gradually got out of the predicament through adjustments and actively raised funds to fight the epidemic. He also planned to open his own tennis school for player training.
Regarding this friend in front of the mobile phone screen, Nadal is also very concerned about Federer's postoperative recovery.
"I recovered very well in the first six weeks, then I had some problems, but now I'm getting better. Fortunately, I still have a lot of time, and there is no pressure and I don't have to rush." Federer said, "I just want my knee to heal. It doesn't matter when I get up. "
" After the second surgery, I feel that the second time is always much easier than the first.But I hope I won’t have to go through a third surgery. After Federer finished speaking, Nadal quickly comforted him: "At least not in our careers." "
Murray and Djokovic live broadcast "Lianmai".
Practice hard and participate in e-sports tennis matches
The conversation between Federer and Nadal was not long, but the sympathy between each other is obvious to all.
This is inevitable Reminiscent of the day before, another giant Djokovic was helpless about his "global away game". In a live broadcast with the Swiss star Wawrinka, the two discussed "Why do you always have to face Federer?" "Without more support" is a sensitive topic.
Djokovic said frankly that at the beginning of his career, he felt as if he was "one person against the whole world." But later he gradually relaxed, "Because that was Federer, and he also faced Nadal. Pretty much, they're popular because they're great, not because I've done anything wrong. "
In Wawrinka's view, the difficulties Djokovic encountered in the early stages of his career actually helped him, not to mention that "in the character setting of a perfect movie, there cannot be three good people." So facing Feina, The King of Serbia can only act as the "villain".
In addition to using the live broadcast to kill time, these top players also used it to discuss how to save the suspended tennis world. At the end of the day, Nadal followed up with Federer. Murray's live broadcast, the topic centered on the first Madrid Open held online. The
Madrid Open previously announced that the e-sports event will be held from April 27 to April 30, when 16 WTA and ATP players will play video games at home. The winner of the game "Tennis World Tour" will compete for a total prize of 150,000 euros.
The winner has the right to donate the prize money to low-income players affected by the epidemic. In addition, the organizing committee will also donate 50,000 euros in aid. Fighting the epidemic. At present, Nadal, Murray, Kerber , Monfils , Azarenka and other famous players have confirmed their joining.
"I heard that you are practicing 3 and 4 on the game console now. Hours. "Murray said to Nadal. In this regard, Nadal smiled and said: "That's it, I can't do anything else now. I just finished the first match of the day. "
At the peak of Nadal's live broadcast, a total of 50,000 people were online at the same time. It can be seen that on days when there are no games, celebrities show another side outside the court through the Internet, extending the charm of tennis into the virtual world.
(This article comes from The Paper)
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