Tennis Begins With Love

“TENNIS BEGINS WITH LOVE: THE WORLD’S LONGEST TENNIS RALLY” - A TRUE STORY

Tennis can be a metaphor for life. Tennis, as life, begins with love. This is the true story of identical twin brothers who used love to overcome adversity, to honor legacy and to benefit charity. This is our story.

On August 12, 2006, we set a goal to break the Guinness World Record™ for the world’s longest tennis rally to raise awareness and donations for charity. It took us three attempts, two years and one new can of tennis balls. On August 9-10, 2008, we set the new Guinness World Record™ for the longest tennis rally consisting of 25,944 strokes in 14 hours, 31 minutes. We donated the record balls to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI USA and the exhibit will be on display starting July 2009.

More than 25,000 children die from preventable or treatable causes under the age of 5 in the developing world…every day. {Source: Save the Children}
Our symbolic goal was to hit more than 25,000 consecutive strokes without missing in one day.
We failed at our first attempt after 2,745 strokes in 1 hour and 32 minutes.
We failed at our second attempt after 19,490 strokes in 10 hours and 38 minutes.
But then – after 14 hours and 31 minutes – we succeeded at our third attempt of 25,944 strokes. Lesson learned: the secret to success is failure – a lesson that took 26 hours, 41 minutes and 48,179 strokes to learn!

We need your help to accomplish a more significant goal: our pledge to raise $25,944 for charity.
4 Ways You Can Support Rally4Charity:
Watch our video on YouTube. www.YouTube/RossettiBrosTennis > Help us reach 25,944 views.
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Donate to charity online at www.Rally4Charity.org/movie > Help us raise 25,944 dollars.

“Our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” – Christopher Reeve

Thanks to everyone who made our dreams possible: our families, friends, donors, sponsors and volunteers.

We hope that our story inspires you to be the best in the world at something you love.
Angelo & Ettore
The Rossetti Brothers

P.S. Rally4Charity is dedicated to the late Tim Gullikson and Scott B. Wilson and to all the victims and survivors of ALS, cancer and more than 25,000 children who die of preventable or treatable causes around the world. The rally continues for them.