Viral Video: Is this trick shot by Roger Federer real?
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I vote it's real.
personal opinion
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M$1. The chit-chat – try to listen to the conversation Roger Federer is having with the guy before he takes the shot. It seems like the idea to hit this bottle off his head comes really out of nowhere. The best I can tell Federer is asking if he follows the sport and then goes straight to hitting a bottle off his head. I don’t think so.
2. The Second Shot – notice that the guy in the white t-shirt who throws him the ball for the second shot is grabbing the ball before Roger even mentions doing it again. How did he know?
3. The Walk Off – After nailing the second shot, Federer high-fives the guy and then completely walks off the set. Wait, if he was going to be leaving, why was he hanging around the food table talking it up with a random staffer?
4. Gillette’s response – The official Gillette response was, “All we’ll say at the moment is we’ll leave the ‘real or fake’ debate up to the viewers, but the evidence is there to see. Roger’s skill and ability is incredible (that’s why he’s a Gillette ambassador!) so of course it was filmed in one take during a shoot for Gillette Fusion’s partnership with the British Skin Foundation.” Tell me that if this wasn’t true that Gillette wouldn’t just have answered with a “yes”
I’m a huge Federer fan and the fact that he can pull off such creative shots in match play makes me think he might be able to do something like this, but this has all the feel of a “corporate-sponsored” viral video.
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As a follow-up, Federer was interviewed after his match the other night at the US Open. They asked him about this video - the fact that he didn't say it was for real and the general way he reacted definitely make it clear that this was manipulated in some way. Here is a story regarding someone asking the same questions and getting a similarly coy answer - http://bit.ly/9ehr6t
my own experience
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You know these guys practice hitting the inside or outside of the lines all day, right?
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Self examination and experience.
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