{"id":936098,"date":"2026-10-17T06:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/936098\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T06:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:18:23","slug":"federer-plays-on-floating-court-in-shenzhen-tennis-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/936098\/","title":{"rendered":"Federer Plays on Floating Court in Shenzhen \u2013 Tennis Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Daily Fuzz<\/p>\n<p class=\"tn-article-dek\">Roger Federer was a master on grass and plays well on water too as he showed in Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p>Richard PagliaroOctober 16, 20262 minute read<\/p>\n<p>By Richard Pagliaro | Friday, October 16, 2026<br \/>Photo credit: On<\/p>\n<p>Lawn lord Roger Federer captured eight Wimbledon championships.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out, the Swiss stylist is skilled playing on water as well.<\/p>\n<p>Hall of Famer Federer played on a floating tennis court at a new Chinese edition of the global \u201cOn Thanks for Playing\u201d series in Shenzhen. Designed to celebrate the sport\u2019s grassroots communities, the promotional activation featured On ambassador and co-owner Federer hitting on a one-of-a-kind floating tennis court installed on the waters of Shenzhen Talent Park. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Federer-BH-On.jpg\" alt=\"Federer BH On\" class=\"wp-image-72274\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: On<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Federer-FloatingCourt-On.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot\" class=\"wp-image-72275\"  \/>Photo credit: On<\/p>\n<p>In front of thousands of spectators gathered along the waterfront, Federer watched emotional fan films, capturing heartfelt personal stories from players and fans across China. <\/p>\n<p>After watching the films, Federer stepped onto the court to play with 18-year-old Yunnan player Fa Wang \u2013 who went viral as the \u201cBasket-carrying Tennis Teen\u201d at age 14 \u2013 alongside standout local juniors Xinya Xiao, Siyan Jiang &amp; Zixi Yang.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Federer-ChinesePlayer-On.jpg\" alt=\"Federer Chinese Player On\" class=\"wp-image-72278\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: On<\/p>\n<p>The Federer exhibition event was watched by over 9.6 million people on a livestream, the evening culminated in a breathtaking 2,000-drone aerial light installation over the Shenzhen skyline, depicting the journey of a tennis dream originating in Basel, traveling across the globe, and igniting the skies above Shenzhen with the shared mantra: Dream On.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Federer-Serve-On.jpg\" alt=\"Federer Serve On\" class=\"wp-image-72280\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: On<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was growing up as a kid in Basel, tennis was also just an incredible dream and a wooden racquet for me,\u201d Federer said. \u201cStepping onto the floating court today in Shenzhen and rallying with these young players reminds me why this sport is so magical.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018On Thanks for Playing\u2019 is a celebration of everyone who shares that same passion for tennis and helps make the sport so special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several Chinese fans exhibited emotional reactions on meeting Federer, who signed autographs and took selfies with fans.<\/p>\n<p>The event also celebrated the unveiling of a special edition of THE ROGER Wildcard, a shoe born out of On\u2019s ongoing collaboration with Federer and the young athletes of the Wild Elephant Tennis Club. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Federer-Selfie-On.jpg\" alt=\"Federer Selfie On\" class=\"wp-image-72281\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: On<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, On said: \u201cThe event marked an emotional reunion at the Shenzhen flagship between Federer and the young players, who first met in Shanghai two years ago. Following their initial meeting, On\u2019s design and innovation teams incorporated the motifs of an original hand-painted drawing by one of the kids into the shoe\u2019s graphic detailing and custom sockliner, pairing high-performance Swiss engineering with authentic grassroots storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daily Fuzz Roger Federer was a master on grass and plays well on water too as he showed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-936098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}