Video: Novak Djokovic playing tennis on the wing of a flying plane, anyone?
Mar 24, 2011, 10:04 AM EDT
Because I’m the suspicious type (and April Fools Day is fast approaching), I had my doubts about this video being real. It depicts World No. 2 tennis player Novak Djokovic of Serbia strapped by his feet to the wing of an airplane, playing tennis with another guy while in flight. But the ad agency rep who sent it to me assures that it’s genuine, and not some special effects trick.
Hey Rick,
To answer your question, the Aimaq & Stolle agency helped create the video, which is real and was shot on top of an actual airplane. HEAD produced it.
The airplane takes off at the 2:10 mark:
Amazing video, although I’m still not sure about a couple of things. How could you hit a tennis ball on the wing of a moving plane, and not have the ball get left behind, or blown away? Also, the first two minutes of the video would be pretty cool with an authentic Ennio Morricone score (the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns guy), but this knock-off version just makes it annoying.
