Flashback: Federer & Agassi Hit On A Helipad

We look back at one of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships' most iconic moments: when Roger Federer and Andre Agassi hit tennis balls on the helipad of one of the world's tallest hotels: Dubai's Burj Al Arab.

[mustangsally]

Imagine running hard for a high topspin ball and realizing you no more room to stop you from falling over

[travisbowmanmusic]

I’m here in Dubai for the 2020 expo and I was at that beach the other day, thinking “is that the place where Roger and Andre played….?” Sure enough it is. Super cool

[AmbroseEvamy]

Imagine casually walking around Dubai, then a ball falls on your head out of nowhere and then Rodger Federer shouts at you from on top of a skyscraper and yells, ” Can I have my ball back?”

[grandpatzer]

Originally, it was supposed to be Federer and Nadal playing tennis on the helipad. But Nadal went to return serve at his usual 15 feet behind the baseline and fell off the pad...

[DaggerMan]

Imagine how quickly the ball was moving through the court at that altitude, on that surface, and with those two players

[guymerritt]

Man, I don't like heights - that's insane. No way could I even be up there.

[kennyalwaysdies]

it would suck if someone fell off of that

[Woodyjkl]

Just watching them that high up gives me the fear let alone actually being up there

[maple]

No more chasing down balls, guys ... as it might lead to straight down!

[nagariteriba]

"this is a special court😊" *trips and dies*

[icebear]

When I look up from the ground to a skyscraper I get super queazy. I couldn't imagine looking up to hit my serve.

[Whoisthiskid]

You guys see the underwater court?? Dubai is a city of madmen lol

[ChubbyChecker]

They probably only "played" for 2 minutes max. It was purely a photo op.

[koaasst]

drama of being up so high.... yep lol id have to lie down

[abhishekdixit]

Imagine nadal or medvedev receiving serve here!

[SamQaem]

Imagine how these legends concentrated to play tennis up there.

[nasum]

No safety rails or anything whatsoever? WTF??

[nickm]

I was expecting Bowser to land on the court

[aravind]

Ahh, back when Federer was a seven time champion...

[augustth]

If this happened in 2022 there would be 100 security guards and a 10 metre wall round the court