Sony Ericsson Open 'Walking on Water'

To celebrate the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal feature in the world's first tennis match to be played on water.

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[whitneyvic]

Great to see my Rena and Rafa on water, very sexy!

[evanheusinger]

degraff they had really shallow water like 1 inch

[daycan1]

my two fav tennis players. if they had kids, they would be the best tennis players ever to walk the earth!

[spudsmagicvideos]

dude it's not glass, it's loads of plexiglass tables

[MAGICANDERSO]

man you're an idiot not criticize

[MAGICANDERSO]

this pitch is very good but takes the topspin on the glass sheet.

I'm Argentinian so if my English is not very good sorry

[Corey A]

they looked so uncomfortable

[tennispup101]

this is amazing, but it seems pretty hard to do.

[dorker1992]

omg this is soo cool wouldnt it be cool to have a tournamant played like that?

[bertieager]

Hi there, i was the creative director behind this event.

To make it happen, we constructed two platforms at either end of the pool we then filled the pool, when sumbmersed in water they became invisible the water then covered the plaforms as well as filling the pool. The players then were asked to stand on the platforms and then serve and volley to each other. We filmed it with two crews one from the air and one on the ground.

Walking On Water - DONE!

[Daniel Lange]

Alot of editing in Adobe After Effects, and most likely, they shot the scene with a rig under their feet, along with just plain pool shots..