Ever since several countries were put under coronavirus lockdown, people have been coming up with creative ways to kill boredom at home. Earlier, nuns were seen showing off their basketball skills to pass time. Even David Warner and his daughter danced to Katrina Kaif’s ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’.
And like most of us who are missing going for our regular walks or playing our favourite outdoor sports, these Italian women were also probably done with sitting at home. Hence, they came up with a novel idea to play tennis at home while maintaining social distancing.
According to News18, two junior players from Liguria were spotted taking tennis to a whole new level. They were seen hitting the ball to and from each other’s rooftops.
Just incredible to see 💖
📍 Liguria, Italy 🇮🇹 | #tennisathome pic.twitter.com/dh8bqlvFhj
— ATP Tour (@atptour) April 18, 2020
The video that was posted online by ATP Tour was loved by people online including Stefanos Tsitsipas, a professional tennis player from Greece and Rex Chapman, a former NBA basketball player among others.
Most incredible thing you’ll see today.
These two women are playing tennis from rooftop to rooftop in the Italian city of Liguria to pass time during the pandemic.
Sports.🌎❤️🎾🌎🇮🇹🌎 pic.twitter.com/Nse4Pu6xCa
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) April 18, 2020
It’s really nice to see 😃 https://t.co/FWmhzNYRiO
— Stefanos Tsitsipas (@StefTsitsipas) April 18, 2020
Just incredible to see 💙
📍 Liguria, Italy 🇮🇹 #tennisathome #Viva l’Italiapic.twitter.com/p0stNYQR34
— Rula Jebreal (@rulajebreal) April 18, 2020
Total next level stuff 💪🏽🎾🙌🏽
— AJ (@ayejah86) April 18, 2020
That’s so awesome! I’d probably fall off the roof😂🎾
— Jen (@jen172334) April 18, 2020
Kudos to the girls ❤️👏🏻🙌🏻
— Andrea Gaudenzi (@AndreaGaudenzi) April 19, 2020
I cannot begin to describe how impressed I am by this.
— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) April 18, 2020
https://twitter.com/steveflynn37/status/1251506269757767681
https://twitter.com/Pavlo91/status/1251507226147205122
It’s the ball boys I feel sorry for
— mcpolar (@mcpolar1) April 18, 2020
Like many other sports, tennis championships have also been called off, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. While we can’t wait for the day when everything will get back to normal, these amazing videos have kept us going.