Aligning the Top 8 players outside their private locker rooms might have been the easiest part of pulling off the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals mannequin challenge on Thursday night.
The hardest part: Getting them to stand still and stop telling jokes.
The always entertaining Gael Monfils was his usual self, sharing laughs in French with Stan Wawrinka. The Swiss was improvising as well, playing director and changing how he'd hold his racquet.
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New World No. 1 Andy Murray might have had the toughest job. The Scot had to hold his arm steady for about a minute, long enough for the mannequin challenge and the Top 8 selfie.
“Can't. Stop. Shaking,” he said.
All told, it took about 10 minutes to pull off the stunt with the Top 8, who stood still in their suits before taking a boat to the Official Launch presented by Moet & Chandon. But most of the time was in the preparation. It was filmed in one 60-second take.
Dominic Thiem hadn't heard of the social media trend of filming people standing still, but the London debutant was on board with the craze that's been embraced by politicians, musicians and professional athletes, including the NBA's LeBron James and Steph Curry. Novak Djokovic, Milos Raonic, Marin Cilic and Kei Nishikori participated as well.
