Federer dabbles in bongo playing as future career

Everyone knows the Hopman Cup can be a lot of fun, and now Roger Federer has brought, or banged, that point home by playing the digital bongos on the "Bongo Cam."

Earlier on Wednesday, he lost a tight battle to teenager Alexander Zverev, 7-6 (1) 6-7 (4) 7-6 (4), before his teammate Belinda Bencic evened the tie with a win over Andrea Petkovic.

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Federer: "It’s easy to do the bongo like that when Belinda’s winning... my dad wrote me an email & said can you please stop that right now"
— Hopman Cup (@hopmancup) January 4, 2017

Bencic, too, enjoyed the music in Perth.

Apparently @BelindaBencic caught the bongo fever too pic.twitter.com/hEIWc2FVcs
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) January 4, 2017

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The Swiss duo teamed up for a mixed doubles win to remain a perfect 2-0 record in round-robin play (they beat Great Britain on Monday).

Belinda vs Sascha. 😂 pic.twitter.com/QJpYt5FqMK
— #TeamBelinda (@FanOfBencic) January 4, 2017

Bencic and Federer had time to practice their chemistry off the court ahead of the event at a New Years Eve party.

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pic.twitter.com/qBc1NgLCgM
— Belinda Bencic (@BelindaBencic) December 31, 2016

Federer has so heartily embraced the new season, and team spirit of the Hopman Cup, that he's dubbed himself and Bencic, "Benderer."

#Benderer https://t.co/2lYaBZtnaW
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) January 4, 2017

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The bongos are great and all, but it's a lot greater to see Federer back on court again.