Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are better at tennis than acting

This video is a couple of months old, but in it you can see tennis stars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal attempt to shoot a promo for a charity match through Roger’s foundation, but instead giggling for three minutes like a couple of schoolgirls.

While both players exhibit all measures of composure on the tennis court, this apparently does not extend to TV shoots, as the two stars struggle mightily to complete a simple exchange without repeatedly bursting into laughter. Maybe Federer is just that hilarious? Nah, that can’t be it. Perhaps they were “hanging out” with Tim Lincecum and Ricky Williams prior to the shoot? For the better part of this video I was expecting Nadal to pull out a family-sized bag of Funyans and a 2-liter of Mountain dew from underneath his chair.

In all seriousness it’s pretty cool that two rivals who are definitively the best at their craft can maintain such a jovial relationship and reserve their more competitive spirits for the hardcourt, especially when coming together to promote a charitable cause.

Though if the goal is to raise money for charity, might I suggest some sort of chuckle-thon between these two? I’m thinking at a rate of a dollar-per-giggle, Nadal and Federer could wipe out world hunger in about 15 minutes.

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The Rally: Those Guys Again [Tennis.com]