EPISODE 1

HIT THE BALL

The aim of this is film is to strike hard immediately. Like Roger! As the first piece of the puzzle, it must integrate a general introduction and presentation on what Federer's tennis is. André Agassi will be in charge of the presentation, showing us how Federer's game could be seen as the one of a knight, showing us the punch, percussion and strength of Federer's jab, especially on short surfaces.
LOCATION
USA
CHIEF OF MISSION
ANDRè AGASSI
THEME
PERCUSSION, THE ATTACKER, THE JAB
GIVER
METALLICA
TRIBUTE
A musical theme especially played by metallica, featuring Serena Williams, from chosen images of Federer Playing. it will become the opening score of the film.
GUESTS
MIKE TYSON, SERENA WILLIAMS, ANDRè AGASSI, TONI NADAL, John Yandell *imagery tennis specialist, Patrick Mouratoglou *Coach
Introductive voiceover asking Agassi to be the supervisor of the episode and exposing Federer’s passion for the band Metallica during his teenage years.

André Agassi meeting the members of Metallica in their Californian studio. He will explain what Roger Federer’s way of playing tennis consists of. To achieve that, we will use the same cinematic tricks as in “Ocean’s Eleven” and we will also be showing large images on a giant screen. We will focus on his punch, enriched by his jab by analyzing his 5 titles and 2 finales at the US Open.

Witnessing the analyze of Roger’s jab by John Yandell – McEnroe’s coach and tennis analytic specialist -. As our images will show, he believes that Federer masters at least 27 different jabs!

International tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou – Serena Williams’s coach – answering the following question: why is Federer’s jab so powerful? And answering back that it is because of the fact that his arm is perfectly extended when the ball hits!

Toni Nadal – coach and uncle of Rafael Nadal – acknowledging it.

Patrick Mouratoglou going through a funny experience by measuring the power avec Roger’s punch with Mike Tyson. Why Tyson? Because he is a great admirer of Roger and Roger admirers him as well. According to Tyson Federer is the « greatest ever ».

Metallica playing the music dedicated to Federer

Finally, we witness André Agassi inviting Serena Williams to sing upon the song played by Metallica. Williams has also been characterized by her aggressive way of ‘punching’. She also loves singing as seen in many of the public events she attended!