Rain didn’t stop play but there was always a risk of a flooded court. As they gear up for another tennis year rivals Rodger Federer and Rafael Nadal took part in a tennis match in Qatar. The only difference to their usual thrilling on-court encounters is that this took place on a specially made court on a floating platform on a lagoon in Doha Bay. The meeting between the Swiss and Spanish tennis legends was to promote the city, one day before the start of the Qatar Open tournament where they are the top two seeds.
Of course, Federer is no stranger to unusual tennis courts. In 2005 he famously took on Andre Agassi in an exhibition match 700ft off the ground on the helipad of the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai in 2005.
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