Federer challenges Klay Thompson to ping pong match
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Roger Federer and Klay Thompson could be battling it out on a ping pong table in the near future.
On Thursday, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr relayed a conversation the pair had while Federer was visiting the team in China last week:
Steve Kerr relayed a convo between Roger Federer and Klay Thompson.
β Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) October 12, 2017
Klay: How's your ping pong game?
Federer: Pretty nice
Klay: Mine, too
Federer, who's currently in Shanghai for the ATP Masters series, decided to take things further, laying down a challenge to Thompson on Twitter.
Sounds like a challenge to me @KlayThompson π https://t.co/5ZhDBe5JN1
β Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) October 13, 2017
Name the time and place. Game on!
β klay thompson (@KlayThompson) October 13, 2017
This needs to happen.
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