Diego De Cooman and the passion for freestyle tennis. – © All rights reserved
Freestyle tennis can be summed up as follows: doing pretty much whatever you want as a trick as long as you involve a tennis ball and racket. So much for the definition of a variant of traditional tennis. Diego at 16 years old. The Illinois tennis enthusiast (he’s B minus 15, which is already a pretty good ranking at 16) got into it by chance. A boring evening at the sea … “That was two years ago. I was bothering and I started watching tricks on the internet, on youtube. And I trained for four hours in the garage. And then on the dike. And it looks like that it rained … “
This is the least we can say (and write for that matter). Diego creates various accounts on social networks. His Insta (diego_freestyle_tennis) is a hit. More than 12 thousand followers and 10 million views across all social networks. “Stan Wavrinka has already shared one of my videos on facebook. And then I was invited for an exhibition in Deauville. It was a grass tournament. I was able to show two or three things to Arnaud Clement and Michael llodra. I also met Bautista Agut. Roger Federer also saw one of my videos. I don’t know if it’s him or his agent. “
Stronger than Federer?
In this regard, Diego De Cooman is he more or less strong than Roger Federer in freestyle?
“Right now I guess I’m stronger since he’s never trained. But if he does it for two years, he’ll get stronger. But for now no…”
Behind this passion, there remains the reality on the ground. The tennis court. Diego dreams of one day becoming a pro in this discipline which he discovered when he was six years old.
“I don’t remember if I was gifted or not. But one thing is certain, I was passionate. I don’t stop training. My dream is to go to the United States one day for studying and becoming a pro in tennis I keep freestyle as a passion on the side… In this environment, there are only 3 of us doing freestyle at the highest level, and only one makes a living from it. Stefan Bojic. He travels and he has a lot of sponsors etc. “
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