Tennis players train during Italy coronavirus lockdown - from their rooftops

Becky Gamester

Updated 19 April 2020 at 6:38 am·1-min read

An incredible video has emerged of two young neighbours playing tennis - from each other's rooftops.

The footage shows 14-year-old Vittoria Oliveri and her friend Carola, 11, impressively striking the ball in the Liguria region of Italy.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2020/06/07: Protesters wearing face masks as a precaution against covid 19 during the demonstration.
The death of George Floyd, while in the custody of Minneapolis police has sparked protests across the United States, as well as demonstrations of solidarity around the world. (Photo by David Mbiyu/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL â JUNE 07: Riot forces intervene in a protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and against racism, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 7, 2020 amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. Brazilians took to the streets for rival demonstrations and against Bolsonaro, who has been widely criticized over his response to the coronavirus pandemic. Demonstrators, many dressed in black and wearing face masks, held banners saying: "Everyone for democracy", "Against racism and fascism" and "Terrorism is the government's policy of extermination." (Photo by Marcello Zambrana/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern takes part in a press conference about the COVID-19 coronavirus at Parliament in Wellington on June 8, 2020. - New Zealand has no active COVID-19 cases after the country's final patient was given the all clear and released from isolation, health authorities said on June 8. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP) (Photo by MARTY MELVILLE/AFP via Getty Images)

A passenger sleeps in the arrivals lounge at Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London, as new quarantine measures for international arrivals come into force. (Photo by Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty Images)

Commuters are seen in a traffic jam during rush hour as places of religious worship, hotels, restaurants and shopping malls are allowed to operate again after more than two months of lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on June 8, 2020. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP) (Photo by PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images)

YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA JUNE 8, 2020: A T-72B3M tank and other military hardware are seen during a rehearsal of a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Victory in WWII. Victory Day parades across Russia have been postponed due to lockdown restrictions imposed in connection with the pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Donat Sorokin/TASS (Photo by Donat Sorokin\TASS via Getty Images)

Moviegoers watch the film "Grease" at the Lycabettus Hill drive-in cinema as the measures against coronavirus ease, in Athens, Greece, Saturday, June 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Hundreds of demonstrators gather on the Champs de Mars as the Eiffel Tower is seen in the background during a demonstration in Paris, France, Saturday, June 6, 2020, to protest against the recent killing of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, U.S.A., after being restrained by police officers on May 25, 2020. Further protests are planned over the weekend in European cities, some defying restrictions imposed by authorities because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Spectators watch 'La La Land' from their cars at a drive-in teather in a park in Minsk, late on June 6, 2020, during social distancing protocols amid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty Images)

Rescue workers carry the body bag of Nitiwadee Sae-Tia, 50, who took her own life after losing her job during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "THAILAND SUICIDE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

A hairdresser wearing protective gear as preventive measure cuts a client's hair amid coronavirus crisis.
India today surpassed Italy to become the sixth heaviest country by the number of confirmed cases. (Photo by Sumit Sanyal / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)

SINGAPORE - JUNE 07: People jog along the Jubilee Bridge with the central business district seen in the background on June 7, 2020 in Singapore. From June 2, Singapore embarked on phase one of a three phase approach against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as it began to ease the partial lockdown measures by allowing the safe re-opening of economic activities which do not pose high risk of transmission. This include the resumption of selected health services, re-opening of schools with school children attending schools on rotational basis, manufacturing and production facilities, construction sites that adhere to safety measures, finance and information services that do not require interactions and places of worship, amongst others. Retail outlets, social and entertainment activities will remain closed and dining in at food and beverage outlets will still be disallowed. The government will further ease restriction by the middle of June if the infection rate within the community remains low over the next two weeks. (Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)

ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS, FRANCE - JUNE 06: Adrian Cox, a British Expat and Councilor of Arromaches, raises the flag of the Normandy Veterans Association at dawn to commemorate the 76th Anniversary of the D-Day landings at dawn on Gold Beach on June 06, 2020 in Arromanches-les-Bains, France. Due to Covid-19 travel restrictions this is the first time in 75 years that veterans have not been able to attend the Anniversary. (Photo by Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)

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The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi

Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow

BOSTON, MA - JUNE 7: On the lawn at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Members of the Brigham and Women's community kneel during a vigil in memory of George Floyd and reflection on racial injustice on June 5, 2020. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL - JUNE 05: A woman waits with hel child in line to receive lunch at Praça da Estação on June 5, 2020 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. About 3000 meals are being distributed every Friday to poor residents, in addition to food, fruit and water. The campaign is carried out by a bank credit company in Belo Horizonte. (Photo by Pedro Vilela/Getty Images)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JUNE 05: The son of a member of the 'Torcida Urubuzada' (soccer fans) of Flamengo looks on during the donation of food amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the Tijuca neighborhood on June 5, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 packs of food were distributed by the 'Torcida Urubuzada' of Flamengo to self-employed stadium vendors. According to the Brazilian Health Ministry, Brazil has over 630,000 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and more than 34,600 deaths. (Photo by Bruna Prado/Getty Images)

A demonstrator takes part in a protest outside the US Embassy following the death of a young man while in police custody, after he had been arrested allegedly for failing to comply with measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mexico City on June 5, 2020. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images)

KIEV, KYIV, UKRAINE - 2020/06/05: A protester wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of COVID-19 during the demonstration.
The LGBT and human rights activists held a rally demanding the resignation of Ukrainian Interior Minister, Arsen Avakov after several criminal cases involving the participation of policemen in Ukraine, according to media. In 2019, human rights organisations in Ukraine recorded 358 crimes and incidents based on homophobia and transphobia, according to protesters. (Photo by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

BADUNG, BALI, INDONESIA - 2020/06/05: An elevator with signs of social distancing as a precaution at the shopping centre.
Kuta Beachwalk Shopping Centre is applying health protocols to minimise the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus as they adapt to a "new normal" phase. (Photo by Dicky Bisinglasi/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Passengers wearing protective face masks travel by boat to Petite-Terre on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte on June 5, 2020, as measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) are maintained on Mayotte over concerns about the continued spread of the virus there and a fragile health system. (Photo by Ali AL-DAHER / AFP) (Photo by ALI AL-DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL â JUNE 4 : Victims of Covid19 are buried in the cemetery of Inhauma, north of the city, on June 4, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro.Rio de Janeiro records more than 300 deaths by Covid-19 for the second day in a row; cases exceed 60 thousand. (Photo by Fabio Teixeira/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A Buddhist devotee holds a pot of water while offering prayers at the Kelaniya temple during the Poson Poya (full moon) religious festival marking the arrival of Buddhism in the island, on the outskirts of Colombo on June 5, 2020. - Sri Lanka on June 5 marked a key Buddhist festival with a nation-wide 24-hour curfew as devotees were urged to remain indoors to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)

VAN, TURKEY - JUNE 04: Full moon rises over Suleyman Han Mosque on the summit of Van Castle on June 04, 2020, in Van province, Turkey. People allowed to visit historical places with the "new normal" process as authorities took a set of new decisions to ease restrictions related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) whilst the country made advances in its fight against the pandemic. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A mosque official in protective gear tasked to take the temperature readings of arriving worshippers, waits at the gate of the Cut Meutia Mosque during a Friday prayer in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, June 5, 2020. Muslims in Indonesia's capital held their first communal Friday prayers as mosques closed by the coronavirus outbreak for nine weeks reopened at half capacity. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

A devotee wearing a protective mask bearing the face of Jesus Christ waits outside the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, popularly known as Quiapo church, as it slowly reopens its doors in downtown Manila, Philippines on Friday, June 5, 2020. President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed relief that "Filipinos are really law-abiding" and that the Philippines was not going through riots like America which would make coronavirus quarantine enforcement formidable. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A woman holds her daughter gather outside of the Mugda Medical College and Hospital to get tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 5, 2020. (Photo by Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Austrian soldiers patrol at the Austrian-Slovenian border at the checkpoint near Spielfeld, Austria, on June 5, 2020. - Austria scrapped entry checks at its land borders introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic, except those at the frontier with Italy. Slovenia reciprocated the reopening from Friday, June 5, 2020 and lets in people travelling from Austria without checks. (Photo by ERWIN SCHERIAU / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT (Photo by ERWIN SCHERIAU/APA/AFP via Getty Images)

Children run down a street past an informational mural warning people about the dangers of the new coronavirus, in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Sandro Manzato, from the Veneto region, hugs his daughter Yearline, 3, as she arrives with her mum Rubiela Perea, right, from Bogota, Colombia, at Rome's Fiumicino airport, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Rome’s Fiumicino airport sprang back to life on Wednesday as Italy opened regional and international borders in the final phase of easing its long coronavirus lockdown, allowing families and loved ones separated by the global pandemic to finally reunite. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A visitor walks at Odaiba at sunset Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Tokyo. A coronavirus state of emergency has been lifted, ending the restrictions nationwide as businesses began to reopen.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

An Iranian man walks in front of a pstry shop in the capital Tehran on June 3, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis. - The spread of novel coronavirus has accelerated again this month in Iran which today officially confirmed over 3,000 new cases for a third consecutive day. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/afp/AFP via Getty Images)

People hold a minute of silence for the victims of COVID-19 at Sol square in downtown Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Spain's Health Ministry says it recorded no deaths from COVID-19 Wednesday for a second day in a row. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

University students of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), some wearing protective facemasks, pass their exams at the Art and History Museum in order to respect the social distancing rule, in Brussels, on June 2, 2020 as Belgium eases lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus). (Photo by BENOIT DOPPAGNE / BELGA / AFP) / Belgium OUT (Photo by BENOIT DOPPAGNE/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images)

The Italian Air Force acrobatic unit Frecce Tricolori (Tricolored Arrows) perform over the Altare della Patria - King Vittorio Emanuele II monument and Trajan's column in Rome on June 2, 2020 as part of Republic Day ceremonies, as the country eases its lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP) (Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images)

SINGAPORE - JUNE 02: (EDITORS NOTE: Image is a digital composite) In this composite image, commuters ride the train on April 16, 2020 (Top- Image Number 1210095133) and on June 2, 2020 (Bottom) before and after the government implemented a social distancing stickers and markers on board the public train. The authority decided to remove all safe distancing stickers and markers from trains and buses as they deemed it is too challenging for commuters to keep their social distance. Today, Singapore embarks on phase one of a three phase approach against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as it begins to ease the partial lockdown measures by allowing the safe re-opening of economic activities which do not pose high risk of transmission. This include the resumption of selected health services, re-opening of schools with school children attending schools on rotational basis, manufacturing and production facilities, construction sites that adhere to safety measures, finance and information services that do not require interactions and places of worship, amongst others. Retail outlets, social and entertainment activities will remain closed and dining in at food and beverage outlets will still be disallowed. The government will further ease restriction by the middle of June if the infection rate within the community remains low over the next two weeks.(Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)

Illustration picture shows kids and their schoolbags in the hall outside their classroom, in a kindergarden school in Etterbeek, Brussels, Tuesday 02 June 2020. Schools for children under six years old are reopening today for everyone. Belgium is in its twelfth week of confinement in the ongoing corona virus crisis and the third week of the phase 2 of the deconfinement. BELGA PHOTO THIERRY ROGE (Photo by THIERRY ROGE/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Customers seated in small glasshouses enjoy lunch at the Mediamatic restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, June 1, 2020. The government took a major step to relax the coronavirus lockdown, with bars, restaurants, cinemas and museums reopening under strict conditions, abiding by government guidelines and respecting social distancing to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A Hindu devotee offers prayers in the River Ganges, during the Ganga Dussehra festival, in Prayagraj, India, Monday, June 1, 2020. Hundreds of Hindu devotees made holy dips here Monday even though congregations at religious venues continue to remain barred during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A man wearing full PPE walks through Knightsbridge, London following the introduction of measures to bring England out of lockdown. (Photo by Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images)

Parents drop off pupils at Queen's Hill Primary School, Costessey, Norfolk, as pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6, begin to return to school as part of a wider easing of lockdown measures in England. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)

Nuns and faithful gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 31, 2020. Pope Francis has cheerfully greeted people in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, as he resumed his practice of speaking to the faithful there for the first time since lockdown began in Italy and at the Vatican in early March. Instead of the tens of thousands of people who might have turned out on a similarly brilliantly sunny day like this Sunday, in pre-pandemic times, perhaps a few hundred came to the square, standing well apart from others or in small family groups. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A TV cameraman wears a face mask seen between cardboards with photos of Moenchengladbach fans displayed on the stands prior the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Union Berlin in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Sunday, May 31, 2020. The German Bundesliga becomes the world's first major soccer league to resume after a two-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, Pool)

Cardboards with photos of Moenchengladbach fans displayed on the stands during warm up prior the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Union Berlin in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Sunday, May 31, 2020. A banner reads: "For Borussia. Against ghost games!". The German Bundesliga becomes the world's first major soccer league to resume after a two-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, Pool)

Christians wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus attend Sunday Mass at Cathedral Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, May 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Christians wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus attend a service at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Worshippers wearing face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 prays at al-Mirabi Mosque in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 31, 2020. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs said mosques will open to the public for prayers from May 31 until June 20, except in Mecca, with precautionary measures and instructions. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Muslim men pray next to the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city, Sunday, May 31, 2020.The Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam, reopened early Sunday, following weeks of closure aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Buddhists pray during the Buddha's birthday ceremony at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 30, 2020. This year a ceremony to celebrate the birth anniversary was put off from April 30 to May 30 due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Kashmiri Hindu perform rituals during the annual festival at Kheer Bhawani temple amid the Coronavirus pandemic in Jammu, India, Saturday, May 30, 2020. The festival was marked in a low key manner due to the lockdown to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Health workers collect a nasal swab sample from a Buddhist monk to test for the coronavirus at the Wat Pho temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, May 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Sarayuth Jojaiharn))

A Buddhist believer holds a notice about precautions against the new coronavirus during the Buddha's birthday ceremony at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 30, 2020. This year a ceremony to celebrate the birth anniversary was put off from April 30 to May 30 due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A public safety worker sprays a disinfectant solution in the streets of the El Rosario neighborhood, which had seen a recent cluster of COVID-19 cases, in Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, May 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

John Price and Bijan Black have lunch with their son Parker Price, 2, all of Seat Pleasant, Md., at the Wharf area in Washington, Friday, May 29, 2020. This was their first time venturing out since the coronavirus pandemic started. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Women stand at a distance as they wait in line for a plate of food at a soup kitchen in the 1.11.14 neighborhood during a government-ordered lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, May 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Soccer players play front of empty stands during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Freiburg, Germany, Friday, 29 May, 2020. Because of the coronavirus outbreak all soccer matches go the German Bundesliga without spectators. (Ronald Wittek/Pool via AP)

Fans attend the drive-in concert of the Hungarian rock band Tankcsapda at the Debrecen International Airport in Debrecen, Hungary, Friday, May 29, 2020, when concert halls are still closed in Hungary due to the pandemic of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. (Zsolt Czegledi/MTI via AP)

People, wearing face masks and observing social distancing guidelines to protect against coronavirus, attend Friday prayers, outside Fatih mosque, in Istanbul, Friday, May 29, 2020. Worshippers in Turkey have held their first communal Friday prayers in 74 days after the government re-opened some mosques as part of its plans to relax measures in place to fight the coronavirus outbreak. Prayers were held in the courtyards of a select number of mosques on Friday, to minimize the risk of infection. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

ANTALYA, TURKEY - MAY 28: An aerial view of sunbeds placed to comply the rules of social distance near Konyaalti Coastline within the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic measures in Antalya, Turkey on May 28, 2020. (Photo by Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MAY 28: A view of cars during drive-in-theatre amid coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic organized by CarrefourSA in Istanbul, Turkey on May 28, 2020. The Turkish movie "Our Family" was screened on the theatre. (Photo by Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 29, 2020: A woman enters Slavyansky Bulvar Station of the Moscow Metro. The Moscow authorities have extended the self-isolation regime in Moscow through June 14 to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Vladimir Gerdo/TASS (Photo by Vladimir Gerdo\TASS via Getty Images)

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MAY 28: An aerial view of cars during drive-in-theatre amid coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic organized by CarrefourSA in Istanbul, Turkey on May 28, 2020. The Turkish movie "Our Family" was screened on the theatre. (Photo by Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A member of Myanmar's parliament sits by himself while abiding by social distancing rules with a plastic divider at a table, in place to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw parliament building in Naypyidaw on May 29, 2020. (Photo by Thet Aung / AFP) (Photo by THET AUNG/AFP via Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MAY 29: Aircrafts from Japan's Air Self-Defense Force's acrobatic flight team, known as Blue Impulse, fly over central Tokyo area on May 29, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatics corps flew over Tokyo to show respect and gratitude towards medical workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images)

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 28: Parisian Healthcare workers gather in front of the Robert Debre hospital to call for better working conditions and an increase of manpower as French government launched general talks amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Paris, France on May 28, 2020. (Photo by Julien Benjamin Guillaume Mattia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A Nepalese Health personnel in protective gear check the body temperature of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Agni Prasad Sapkota using thermal gun during the announcement of the new government's budget for the fiscal year 2020/2021 at Federal Parliament, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, May 28, 2020. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 28, 2020: A man wears a respirator in a street. The self-isolation regime is extended in Moscow through June 14 in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection. Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS (Photo by Mikhail Tereshchenko\TASS via Getty Images)

Healthcare employees work in the intensive care unit of Saint-Louis hospital in Paris, on May 28, 2020 as France eases lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus). (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Loren Sweatt (L), is greeted by Representative David Roe before a House Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Hearing: "Examining the Federal Government's Actions to Protect Workers from COVID-19," on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 28, 2020. (Photo by Rod Lamkey / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ROD LAMKEY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Worshippers wearing protective face masks and gloves offer Eid al-Fitr prayers outside a shrine to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 24, 2020. Muslims worldwide celebrate one of their biggest holidays under the long shadow of the coronavirus, with millions confined to their homes and others gripped by economic concerns during what is usually a festive time of shopping and celebration. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Potrait of Disinfectors of the 9th Alpine Regiment, in L'Aquila, Italy, on May 20, 2027, during sanitize in an Church. Disinfectors of the 9th Alpine Regiment sanitize the Cathedral of St. Bernardino from Siena. The 9th Alpine Regiment intervenes in the sanitization of one of the symbol places of worship of the city of L'Aquila. (Photo by Andrea Mancini/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Vendors wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at a night market in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Two employees wear face masks, to prevent against the spread of coronavirus, as they prepare the plenary room at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The European Union is to unveil Wednesday a massive coronavirus recovery plan worth hundreds of billions of euros to help countries rebuild their ailing economies, but the bloc remains deeply divided over what conditions should be attached to the funds. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

People ride electric scooters in the Villa Borghese park, in Rome, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Alternative means of transport are being promoted in Italy's major metropolitan areas following public transports' restrictions that have been set for containing the COVID-19 spread. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Bosnian muslims, some wearing face masks to protect themselves from the COVID-19 infection, attend Eid al-Fitr prayers in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, May 24, 2020. Muslims worldwide are marking a muted religious festival of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan _ a usually joyous three-day celebration that has been significantly toned down due to the new coronavirus outbreak.(AP Photo/Kemal Softic)

An aerial view shows a ward converted to a field hospital at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, May 26, 2020. With dramatically increased community transmissions of coronavirus , Cape Town has become the center of the outbreak in South Africa and the continent. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

John Bickler visits the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles, Monday, May 25, 2020. The annual Memorial Day commemoration was held without the public in attendance due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a face mask amid the new coronavirus pandemic, faces supporters taking pictures with cell phones as he leaves his official residence of Alvorada palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, wearing face masks amid the new coronavirus pandemic, yell out against journalists, calling them "trash" and "coup plotters," after the president's departure from his official residence of Alvorada palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus march past a banner depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping at their living squatter inside the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing during a plenary session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

The Frecce Tricolori aerobatic squad of the Italian Air Force flies over Milan's Duomo cathedral, northern Italy, Monday, May 25, 2020 on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the founding of the Italian Republic on June 2, 1946. This year the acrobatic squad will fly over several Italian cities to bring a message of unity and solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

A supporter of the late Yugoslav communist president Josip Broz Tito wearing a mask to protect against coronavirus holds an old Yugoslav flag with the communist five-point star in front of memorial complex prior to a wreath laying ceremony in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, May 25, 2020. People flocked to Tito's grave to mark the 128th anniversary of his birth. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Shoppers maintain a safe social distance between each other as they wait in line to enter a food section of the Matsuya Ginza department store which partially reopens Monday, May 25, 2020, in Tokyo. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to remove a coronavirus state of emergency from Tokyo and four other remaining prefectures later in the day. Japanese words read as "For entrance only." (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Bangladeshi Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers in Dhaka, Monday, May 25, 2020. The holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, a usually joyous three-day celebration has been significantly toned down as coronavirus cases soar. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)

Indian policemen patrol during Eid al-Fitr near the Jama Mosque at the old quarters of New Delhi, India, Monday, May 25, 2020. The holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, a usually joyous three-day celebration has been significantly toned down as coronavirus cases soar. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

BRASILIA, BRAZIL - MAY 24: Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro wearing face masks with his face wave and shout slogans during a demonstration in favor of his government amidst the coronavirus pandemic in front of Planalto Palace on May 24, 2020 in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazil has over 352,000 confirmed positive cases of Coronavirus and 22,291 deaths. (Photo by Andressa Anholete/Getty Images)

A Muslim man wearing a protective mask prepares to pray outside the closed National Mosque while celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim festival marking the end the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, May 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Worshippers wearing protective face masks offer Eid al-Fitr prayers outside a shrine to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 24, 2020. Muslims worldwide celebrate one of their biggest holidays under the long shadow of the coronavirus, with millions confined to their homes and others gripped by economic concerns during what is usually a festive time of shopping and celebration. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Augsburg's Eduard Loewen celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Schalke 04 and FC Augsburg at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Sunday, May 24, 2020. The German Bundesliga becomes the world's first major soccer league to resume after a two-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, Pool)

Nuns and faithful respecting social distancing look at Pope Francis reciting the Regina Coeli noon prayer on a giant screen in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 24, 2020. For the first time in months, well-spaced faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the traditional Sunday papal blessing, casting their gaze at the window where the pope normally addresses the faithful, since the square had been closed due to anti-coronavirus lockdown measures. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Muslims, some wearing face masks and gloves to protect against coronavirus, observe social distancing guidelines as they attend Eid al-Fitr prayers in Grozny, Russia, Sunday, May 24, 2020. Muslims worldwide are marking a muted religious festival of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, a usually joyous three-day celebration that has been significantly toned down due to the new coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)

MANAUS, BRAZIL - MAY 23: Melida Marquez, a 23 years old venezuelan woman holds a sign asking for job and help with her daughter Genesis, 6, at downtown Manaus on May 23 2020 in Manaus, Brazil. Melida arrived in Manaus a year ago, is pregnant of her fourth kid and has no protective masks. She uses the money got from pedestrians to buy food for her family. Brazil has now 330.890 people infected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) according to Health Ministry and became the the second country in the world with more cases. (Photo by Andre Coelho/Getty Images)

French bishop Monsignor Emmanuel Gobilliard wearing a protective face mask, prepares to lead the first mass in the Lyon Saint-Jean cathedral since the beginning of the lock down due to Covid 19 pandemic, on May 23, 2020. - France went into lockdown on March 17, to curb the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP) (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images)

A man stands outside his house, flanked by white cloths displayed to demand humanitarian aid during the home quarantine against the spread of the novel COVID-19 coronavirus, at Concepcion neighborhood in San Salvador on May 23, 2020. - El Salvador's Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) revalidated on the eve the state of emergency decree -in force since last March- to face the COVID-19 pandemic, after intervening in a legal battle between the Legislative Assembly and the government of President Nayik Bukele. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

People wearing face masks stand beside shuttered stores on Kilburn High Road in London, England, on June 7, 2020. Covid-19 deaths across the UK now stand at 40,542 according to the daily tally from the Department of Health and Social Care, including an additional 77 deaths added today. (Photo by David Cliff/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2020/06/07: Protesters wearing face masks as a precaution against covid 19 during the demonstration. The death of George Floyd, while in the custody of Minneapolis police has sparked protests across the United States, as well as demonstrations of solidarity around the world. (Photo by David Mbiyu/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The players' coach, Dionisio Poggi, told AFP: "They know each other well, they are friends and they live in two neighbouring buildings.

"Carola, 11, is in the region's top two or three in her age group."

Their antics have attracted attention from some of the world's best tennis players, including world No 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas.

It's really nice to see 😃 https://t.co/FWmhzNYRiO
— Stefanos Tsitsipas (@StefTsitsipas) April 18, 2020

Tennis players from all over the world have been using the #tennisathome hashtag on Twitter as they try to train during the coronavirus pandemic.

The hashtag was launched by Roger Federer, who posted a video of himself hitting the ball against a wall despite snowy weather.

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