I GOT CHALLENGED - ATP Pro vs Amateur 🎾 

I’m a high level rec/club player (former college player, 5.0 by USTA standards)…and recently played a guy who plays futures, and he won 18 straight games. Next time we played I did manage to squeak out two games in three sets though. The difference in level is astounding; its surreal playing someone that is not in the least bit bothered by my best shots, making me have to hit my best shot 5+ times in a row to have a chance at winning a point. It’s awesome.

Simon vs My Tennis HQ!!

Love youtube comments where people are saying "there's no way he's a high level amateur" and would lose 10-0 lefty to this guy lmao. Good match play don't let the haters get to you!

Just for retrospect. Simon is top 350. So the best in many countries still cant beat him. After watching us open first hand i quickly realized that i still need my day job 😂

That was incredible haha. Gives you so much perspective

LOL these beat downs are so funny.

wow what a great court

damn, lucky guy, perhaps I should challenge simon when I travel to Stockholm

Wow, I have actually played table tennis with my brother exactly at that place a few years ago. I remember climbing up that platform on the left side of yours. I also remember being a bit grumpy because the lights were pretty weak so the room was kinda dark. Anyways, great and interesting video as always👊🏽

Adam is obviously not even a 4.0 NTRP. JK, fun video, lol no mercy in butts up.

This is why pros are pros and amateurs are - well, just amateurs. Great stuff, guys. Kudos to Adam for putting himself bravely on the line of fire and smiling the whole way through the painstaking process of punishment! The pingpong game looked a more even affair though. - And should the Biblical first man (lol) have brought his own racquets with him the result should have been a bit more generous also. A fact implying the dude didn’t fly all the way to Stockholm only to play Simon but this was just a nice off time number beside ”more serious business’. - And Simon’s shot making looked netter than ever. The key is to have fun and leti it go!

Like any tennis player you are using tennis technique for ping pong to 😉

Nice video man.. wp!

Cool video

what racket do u use?

cool bar...no beer pong?

Well , no hating or anything but I m a high level Amateur player and consider myself much better than Adam... good video though!

Wow its insane how easily you dismantled an obviously very high level amateur. He probably plays at something like UTR 10-12 yet he couldn't really do anything even his best shots were easily handled.

No high amateur level player have any chance against any pro. Thats how big gap really is between those 2 levels.

He didnt had shit on u lol

More beat the pro series. Next time find someone who can serve

Simon, I want to know why you dont' use the cutter or slider to either ace or pull your opponents out wide at this level of play. You play stronger tennis against weaker opponents who can't give you any pressure. An amateur club player lacks the knowledge that the ATP guys have. Its a mistake for the amateur club player to try to challenge the pro when they don't have the pro knowledge. They also cannot handle the higher pronation levels that the ATP guys hit at. The serves at this level are coming 120-130+ mph.' Not 60 to 120 mph at the amateur club level. The amateur got Wasted. He had trouble rallying the ball. High pressure balls finds many holes in the amateurs game. This is what happens when you put a level 10 guy up against someone whose at level 100.

adam is slow as molasses. cant be very high level imho

What I really liked is how respectful Simon was. He didn't hold up (or so it seems). I hate when people who have a higher level joke around. You didn't do it, and that shows a ton of respect not only towards your opponent (who played quite well) but also towards your audience!

Maybe the most beautiful indoor tennis court I've ever seen! Also, OP is a legit player. Great length on his strokes. Obviously, playing a real pro is another animal altogether.

All amateurs would look like this against a pro lol

Adam actually looks like a reeeaaally high level amateur, props

Had a blast Simon! We’re definitely having a grudge match when you come to New York. This time on my home courts! Training season starts now *queue Rocky Theme song*

Fantastic!!! I laughed so much. Simon, great channel and great tennis. Can't wait to see you play the Slams.

That was awesome to see the difference in level! Adam's a good player!

Loved it. I laughed so hard at times during the video...great fun. What is Adam's rating at the club tennis level? Would like to see the full match. Wow, you guys are killing it at table tennis. Didn't know you're so good at it!!! Cheers! M

i love the compilation of you beating his ass in the groundstroke points at the beginning lmao

Didnt know youtube allowed videos of poor souls being "tortured"🤣. Great video and what an eye opener. Fair play to both of you for being such good sports 👍

Adam Borak was bumped to 5.0 after going 7-0 at 4.5. Looks like he may have been 10.0 UTR at one point.

That was great Simon and kudos to you for playing an amateur tennis player! I'm actually planning a short trip to Stockholm in the next few months as I've always wanted to go so if we're both in town, it would be super fun to hit with you and have a laugh over a beer or three!🥃🥃🥃 Love your channel and content👍

Good clean fun, love the mid-court put away at 1:13 and 1:33. You don't often see a 5.0 vs a pro on video, it really puts things in perspective.

Lol this video was great.

I thought I was a decent player once. Was on a tennis course and this guy turns up. Was 23 ex pro..about 480 in the world. I was fit and had decent stroke. Pros are a diff level...the ball comes with way more power ..spin and just weight to the shot. It was the same demolition job

Good stuff Simon!! I remember about 10 years ago at the Binghamton challenger one of the amateurs challenged Richard Bloomfield. I believe he was a restaurant owner and the challenge was if Richard can "golden set" him meaning (he doesn't win a point) he gets a $100 and dinner at the restaurant. Sure enough and I saw the whole match (which was about 15 minutes).... Richard beat him 60 without letting him win a point!! It was pretty impressive considering Richard's game of serving and volleying... and chip in charge. It was absolute destruction... Almost every point a winner or I put away volley!! 😄

That was fantastic. You were clearly hooking him in table tennis non-stop. Let's get a referee next time!!!

Lmao humbled him

This was a fun one to watch!! Ping Pong Butts Up is amazing haha

Haha fun video!!! 😂

Such a good video, thanks simon🙏

Super, thanks for sharing. Would you say he is 4.0 player or? DIV 2 US college player or? P.S. Har biljetter till sw19 o tror på miracle att du kommer att spela :)

We call it sting pong and it can get wild!

you can tell that he hasn't played against players at this speed since everything is going back to the middle of the court, that was my first games when I played against Columbus st.

Is Adam around a 5.0? He’s a very good player. This shows how good a pro is.

What a beautiful indoor court design. Very Swedish indeed

"Sir, reporting target is destroyed"😂

I love the Butts Up punishment. Dimitri Tursunov used to do that at practices.

Love this. I have new friends who thought I was full of bs when I told them I was a tennis instructor for 14yrs and hitting partner for pros during tournaments. All are avid players who played high school tennis. I walked away from the game and gained weight, so all of them thought I was lying. Especially dropping a few names of pro players I hit with. Then…after 10 minutes of me hitting deep + heavy top & crushing the ball, I could see them gulp in fear of me setting up for a shot, anticipating how much pace they had to deal with or a nasty drop shot. Sometimes it’s good to show amateurs another level in person.

The difference in stroke quality is almost negligible compared to the difference in body language, physical fitness and consistency.

My friend Felix M will challenge you papi.....

Levels. Like if you played say a top 200 player you would get destroyed.

What’s a high level amateur?

Did you guys play ping pong at a bar on Tattooine? lol

whats raquets specs ?

Haha! Epic video! I laughed so much! Great fun!🤣 Adam seems to be a great guy and I'm sure he would beat 90% of all of us who is commenting on this video, at least at table tennis! 😆 And honestly, if I got an opportunity to play a few points with you I wouldn't mind the butts up punishment! 😂😂

Simon goat

Simon kinda curious to know about your racket set up.. Loving your vids btw 👌

what's your opponent's level? utr or ntrp wise? in your own estimate?

Prop to him for having a gut to challenge you. He is very good as an amature. Me..i dont have a gut to challenge even the kids at thr beginning of video lol.

Playing indoor tennis with the artificial echo volume raised up is the same as putting balloons in a bike frame to produce a loud sound to make everyone think your bike is more important and you ride better than the rest.

just play a best of 3 sets with 0-30, he might score a few games, but not too many anyway. Solid amateur nevertheless

I thought we take our batsap seriously at our academy.😂

Simon with his pancake serve 😋

love the video bro, you need to keep making more

Haha, bro got destroyed

Ur forehand is awesome

Good stuff

Fun video!

You should play against Felix from Tennis Brothers

Why didn’t he play with his own racquet?

this video about to do numbers. Simon knows what the algorithm wants

Simon could u do video about toss and overall tips on serve ? I think u could share your knowledge 😜 and people gonna watch it for sure.

and now against djokovic

how tall are u simon? very curious mate.

if that guy is a high level amateur then I'm world number 1 lol

There absolutly No reason to Call you friend „high level amateur”. He is average amateur player.

The hobbyist player is very very good, but his movement looked incredibly poor. Maybe he had given up inside. Even Federer would lose 10-0 if he’s so flat footed and lethargic, unfortunately.

Wait? Who's who? I'm confused. The guy up front looks like you, but moves and plays like a pro... and the other guy is supposedly the pro but clearly moves like an amatuer

Loved it