Small court, big results. Before Andy Murray‘s London hopes got muddled because of injury, the Scot took to a British warehouse to play some Road Tennis. Not sure what that is? Nor were we. adidas explains:
[We invited the] Road Tennis Association of Barbados to London, to teach Murray how to play Road Tennis. A cross between traditional tennis and table tennis, Road Tennis is played on the street, with participants chalking out their own courts. Murray had never played the game before, and was given just one hour to pick up his wooden bat and attempt to master the game’s ins and outs, before we put him up against Barbados’ finest.
In the video above, Murray gets a “warm-up” with storied English boxer David Haye, who is now retired, and British rapper Example.
adidas noted that the Murray vid was the first of many to come for the brand over the next year: “The event marked the start of our new campaign, where we’ll be challenging some of the world’s best tennis players, around the biggest tournaments next year.” Excited? You bet we are!
As for who Murray gets a lesson from on the Road Tennis pavement? That’d be Sylvain “Lama” Barnett, a legend in Barbados and one of the Pro Road Tennis Association’s greatest players of all time.
Tags: barbados road tennis, david haye, rapper example, road tennis
tennis served fresh 
November 22, 2011 at 12:20 pm |
finally the little guys will have a better chance on court against the isner’s of the world!
November 22, 2011 at 10:26 pm |
Wow what a unique sport. Its like playing table tennis on a table without legs.
December 14, 2011 at 8:03 pm |
Probably Andy could do something better with that sport.
January 10, 2012 at 4:14 pm |
I love how Road Tennis displays Andy’s ability to get down to the low balls and maintain his balance. Also, its a great display of slice off both sides. Great post. -Randy