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Roger Federer Rolls with Flight of the Conchords in His New Nike Ad
Published 7/3/2008 by Will Brinson at FanHouse
Filed under: TennisTennis is not particularly exciting to me. Tennis advertising has been even less so since the grunge-mullet days of Andre Agassi and Canon (sorry, Roddick, image is everything). But even I will admit that Roger Federer's most recent ad, which features Murray from HBO's Flight of the Conchords, is pretty awesome. It doesn't relate to the show much, but the Marvelian spoofness of a tennis ball war is still solid. It takes a lot for a commercial to make me want to play tennis, and honestly, that ad actually pulled it off. Also, a continued ...

Roger Federer's New Nike Tennis Ad With Murray From Flight Of The Conchords
Published 7/3/2008 at FanIQ Blog
There's been a lot of discussion over the last couple months about Roger Federer's game and whether he's over the proverbial tennis hill at age 26. His straight set pummeling at the hands of Rafael Nadal in the French Open was stunning, no doubt, but meanwhile Federer continues to tear through opponents on grass which will set up the inevitable Wimbledon Championship showdown. Roger's doing just fine. And who says he's getting too old? One thing Nike has always excelled at is making their endorsed athletes "cool" with their trendy marketing campaigns ...

Roger Federer is still pretty awesome
Published 7/5/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
Since the beginning of this season, I’ve heard people saying things like Roger Federer is done, he’s washed up and all sorts of things. Now I guess I can slightly understand because he hasn’t been winning as much as he has in the past but he is still rightfully the number 1 player in the world. He is now just slightly better than everyone instead of being light years ahead. Anyway, an awesome new Nike advert of him. Check it out. Tags: roger federer, nike advert