“You’re Forgetting The Split Step” – Roger Federer Gives Crucial Tennis Advice To Bear Grylls

Published 04/09/2020, 1:52 PM EDT

Roger Federer is making news around the day as he interacts with the famous people who are taking on his home routine challenge.

The latest person to take on the task was the popular star of Discovery Channel’s Man vs Wild Bear Grylls. The former military man is a known fan of tennis. In fact, he did the super famous episode of Running Wild with Roger Federer where the two took the Swiss Alps.

Grylls responded to Roger in his own unique way. The Swiss maestro was also quick to reply to his friend.

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How did the interaction between Bear Grylls and Roger Federer go?

Bear Grylls was playing tennis with his eldest son in the video uploaded by him. He captioned the video by alluding to his famous mountain trip with Roger Federer –

As requested… here you go @rogerfederer – any tips? I always get beaten! This is me being smacked around by our eldest son @jesse_grylls playing @touchtennis which is even more annoying! Ps I might have lost to you on the mountain when we played mini ping-pong, but I reckon we would have a good battle at @touchtennis though ! 😁💪 Hope you’re staying safe legend and keeping training… NGU never give up 👍 @wimbledon @atptour @therock @cristiano @valeyellow46 @hank30nyr @mikaelashiffrin @gianluigibuffon @k.mbappe @lindseyvonn @rafaelnadal @kingjames @iamzlatanibrahimovic @davidbeckham @giannis_an34 @thierryhenry @djokernole @lewishamilton @chrishemsworth @justinbieber @serenawilliams @lukadoncic @coldplay @stephencurry30 @zidane @tombrady @kensingtonroyal @thehughjackman @thisisbillgates @cocogauff @leomessi @trevornoah @alexzverev123 @virat.kohli @toni.kr8s @swish41 #sport”

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As requested… here you go @rogerfederer – any tips? I always get beaten! This is me being smacked around by our eldest son @jesse_grylls playing @touchtennis which is even more annoying! Ps I might have lost to you on the mountain when we played mini ping-pong, but I reckon we would have a good battle at @touchtennis though ! 😁💪 Hope you’re staying safe legend and keeping training… NGU never give up 👍 @wimbledon @atptour @therock @cristiano @valeyellow46 @hank30nyr @mikaelashiffrin @gianluigibuffon @k.mbappe @lindseyvonn @rafaelnadal @kingjames @iamzlatanibrahimovic @davidbeckham @giannis_an34 @thierryhenry @djokernole @lewishamilton @chrishemsworth @justinbieber @serenawilliams @lukadoncic @coldplay @stephencurry30 @zidane @tombrady @kensingtonroyal @thehughjackman @thisisbillgates @cocogauff @leomessi @trevornoah @alexzverev123 @virat.kohli @toni.kr8s @swish41 #sport
A post shared by Bear Grylls OBE (@beargrylls) on Apr 9, 2020 at 2:22am PDT

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Few hours later, Roger responded by explaining why the British TV host was failing so miserably against his son. He believed that Grylls was not doing his split step properly –

“Tip: you are forgetting the split step everytime. I would take the court outdoors, seems more your thing. NGU Never Give up.”

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It will be interesting to see as more stars respond.

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Aryan Sharma is a WWE and Tennis author and editor at EssentiallySports. Being a journalism graduate from Delhi University, he combines his love for creating content with an astute knowledge of almost three eras of professional wrestling. He's also a Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova fan and likes to write on the social impact of these two legends beyond their achievements on the tennis court.