--- title: Take a Swing At The Roger Federer Challenge on Social Media description: The tennis champion has a challenge for players staying at home and it's taking over social media canonical: https://time.com/5817458/roger-federer-challenge/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-04-08T17:15:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:25.942Z og:title: Take A Swing At The Roger Federer Challenge On Social Media og:description: The tennis champion has a challenge for players staying at home and it's taking over social media og:url: https://time.com/5817458/roger-federer-challenge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Take A Swing At The Roger Federer Challenge On Social Media twitter:description: The tennis champion has a challenge for players staying at home and it's taking over social media twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # People at Home Are Taking a Swing at This Roger Federer Tennis Challenge by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 8, 2020 5:15 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 8, 2020 5:15 PM UTC While Wimbledon was [cancelled this year](https://time.com/5813783/wimbledon-canceled-coronavirus/) because of the coronavirus, it looks like tennis star Roger Federer is staying in shape and has gotten more people to join him. While tennis is best and traditionally played with at least one partner, the champion shows that it can be a demanding solo game too. At this time of [social distancing](https://time.com/5814139/coronavirus-state-data-tracker/), the star has issued a challenge for anyone trying to work out alone. [Federer](https://time.com/5324241/roger-federer-rafael-nadal-wimbledon/) took to Twitter to show off his backboard skills, standing inches from the wall and hitting forehand volleys, all while wearing a dapper fedora. “Here’s a helpful solo drill. Let’s see what you got!” he wrote on Twitter. “Choose your hat wisely,” he also suggested. > [](https://twitter.com/rogerfederer/status/1247511322067185665) A number of tennis players from around the world replied, and hoped for some tips from the star. And they took their swings while wearing hats, of course. > [](https://twitter.com/SofiaKenin/status/1247648392542597121) > [](https://twitter.com/atptour/status/1247899937523679232) > [](https://twitter.com/terribleracquet/status/1247578957022666752) > [](https://twitter.com/CastroJoel78/status/1247526018019028992) Federer responded to some of the many folks joining him in his #TrainingFromHome challenge, offering encouragement. > [](https://twitter.com/rogerfederer/status/1247524371503042568) > [](https://twitter.com/rogerfederer/status/1247625800448380941) > [](https://twitter.com/rogerfederer/status/1247521461155192834) > [](https://twitter.com/rogerfederer/status/1247526856326172673) > [](https://twitter.com/rogerfederer/status/1247642103947108353) > [](https://twitter.com/rogerfederer/status/1247626101448466439) Federer also [used](https://twitter.com/rogerfederer/status/1247511957214769156) the social site to nominate other stars, athletes, and notable personalities to take part in the challenge, including his on-court rival [Rafael Nadal](https://time.com/5380365/rafael-nadal-sleeveless/), football star Tom Brady, Dwayne Johnson, Bill Gates, _The Daily Show_ host Trevor Noah, _Man vs. Wild_ star Bear Grylls, and [Coco Gauff](https://time.com/collection/time-100-next-2019/5718844/coco-gauff/). So far, the challenge has been accepted by stars from around the world including soccer star Toni Kroos and actor Hugh Jackman. > [](https://twitter.com/ToniKroos/status/1247616992145747972) > [](https://twitter.com/RealHughJackman/status/1247547043326971904) U.S. tennis player Andy Roddick responded with his own inside joke for tennis fans, saying he would take part in the challenge, but he doesn’t “like to volley.” > [](https://twitter.com/andyroddick/status/1247643211436306432) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5817458/roger-federer-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5817458/roger-federer-challenge/"},"headline":"People at Home Are Taking a Swing at This Roger Federer Tennis Challenge","datePublished":"2020-04-08T17:15:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:25.942Z","description":"The tennis champion has a challenge for players staying at home and it's taking over social media","url":"https://time.com/5817458/roger-federer-challenge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Brief","clickmonsters","COVID-19","News Desk"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5817458/roger-federer-challenge/","name":"People at Home Are Taking a Swing at This Roger Federer Tennis Challenge"}}]}] ```