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04-08-2020, 02:02 PM
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Some surprise that was!

The look of surprise on these youngsters' faces is worth seeing, that surprise is something they will never forget! The video apparently went viral, which is not quite such a surprise!

"It began with a game of lockdown rooftop tennis between two Italian youngsters and ended with global fame and a surprise visit from their idol Roger Federer.

When 13-year-old Vittoria and Carola, 11, found they could not visit their local courts this year because of the coronavirus pandemic they opted for the next best thing and started playing tennis between two rooftops in their home town of Finale Ligure in northern Italy."


https://www.skysports.com/tennis/new...uring-lockdown
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04-08-2020, 05:33 PM
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What a lovely surprise for the girls, they must have been so excited.
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Aww thats lovely I love it when celebrities do things like that.. the girls will remember that for the rest of their lives
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What a lovely surprise for the girls, they must have been so excited.
Yes, they were very inventive in the first place playing tennis between two rooftops. The look on their faces though was just something else, that surprise will be with them forever I would think!

My thought though also was that it's so good to see happy faces in these dismal times!
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How wonderfully kind of him , and just great for those girls,
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Originally Posted by Baz46 ->
Yes, they were very inventive in the first place playing tennis between two rooftops. The look on their faces though was just something else, that surprise will be with them forever I would think!

My thought though also was that it's so good to see happy faces in these dismal times!
The face of the older girl was a picture ..... that is the true meaning of "gobsmacked"!

I would be interested to know how many tennis balls they lost from the roof tops.
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The face of the older girl was a picture ..... that is the true meaning of "gobsmacked"!

I would be interested to know how many tennis balls they lost from the roof tops.
Yes, I thought that too, the true meaning!

Luckily it was tennis and not cricket they were playing!
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I've always thought Federer was a good sportsman, and not just with his tennis.....Hats off to the bloke.....
 

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