Roger Federer; Chris Martin.Photo:Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images
The former tennis champion, 41, and hiswife Mirka Federer, 45, got special VIP treatment with the British band on Saturday.
“Adventure of a Lifetime,” the 20-time Grand Slam winnercaptioned his Instagram post, referencing the famous Coldplay song. The post showed Federer and his wife huddled with the band before their weekend performance in Zurich, in the Swiss player’s home country.
Federer took the stage at Stadion Letzigrund with lead singerChris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion.
In afan video posted to Twitter, Chris Martin introduced Federer as “our original band member” before the group sang “Don’t Panic,“from their 2000 debut studio albumParachutes. Federer was spotlighted for a “shaker solo” in the middle of the song, where Federer shook the instrument into the microphone.
And when the band played “Adventure of a Lifetime,” it was Federer who released inflated balloons.
Roger Federer and Chris Martin.Roger Federer Instagram
Roger Federer Instagram
Federer has been living the good life sincehis retirementfrom professional tennis in September 2022.
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Just last month, the tennis pro joinedKate Middletonto train with Wimbledon ball boys and girls in England.
The Princess of Wales, also 41, challenged Federer on the court in a behind-the-scenes Wimbledon videoposted to YouTubeon Jun. 24.
“Shall we play some tennis?” he asks her, to which she responds, “Yes, please.”
source: people.com
