Vitale challenges Federer to match via Twitter

Roger Federer may have halted his 65-straight-majors record recently, but he probably didn't expect a tennis challenge from an unlikely opponent this week.

Enter Dick Vitale. The spry, 76-year-old basketball analyst and all-around energy king was born in 1939. That's the year The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind debuted in theaters, and Vitale, like those movies, shows signs of enduring for quite some time. On Wednesday, he won a set against an unnamed, unseen foe by a 6-3 count and immediately took to Twitter to good-naturedly taunt Federer, as well as world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

"Bring him down here!” Vitale exclaims, talking up his serving prowess and delivering some Marion Bartoli-esque shadow swings. “Get Federer, get Djokovic! I'll take 'em all on!"

In reality, Vitale wouldn't win a point against Federer, who already says his ailing back is feeling better since pulling out of the French Open before its start. Even so, perhaps the PowerShares Series might consider adding a new honorary champion to its mix of retired stars on tour.