Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal ´Walk On Water´ in World´s First Tennis Match on Liquid Terrain

Footage to Be Available for Downlink Tuesday, March 25 20:00 to 20:15 GMT

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WHERE: Domestic United States and Canada
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Latin America-Europe and Caribbean
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Australia-Asia
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WHAT: Two of the world´s leading tennis players, Serena Williams and
Rafael Nadal, took to a custom-made court to try their luck
on a more challenging surface in the first ever game of tennis
on water. The event took place Monday, March 24, 2008, atop
Miami´s new Gansevoort South Hotel overlooking South Beach on
its first day of business.

HOW: The water-covered court was constructed in the 110-foot
swimming pool set in the Gansevoort´s exclusive
22,000-square-foot rooftop retreat. A specialist underwater
team took five days to construct two invisible platforms at
either end of the pool using a combination of bespoke acrylic
sheets and supporting acrylic tubes.

WHY: Sony Ericsson hosted the revolutionary event to celebrate the
start of this year´s Sony Ericsson Open March 26 to April 6.
The Sony Ericsson Open is the World´s fifth largest
tournament. It is the only 12-day tennis event on both the ATP
and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour calendars. The Sony Ericsson Open
features all of the world´s top-ranked men and women players.

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