April 25, 2017 01:27 PM EDT
Tennis' newest star is a 6-year-old monkey named Riki
WATCH | This week's Tennis Channel segment is dedicated to the sport's newest phenom: a 6-year-old monkey named Riki. (Full disclosure: Tennis Channel is owned by Circa's parent company, Sinclair Broadcast Group.)
Yoshiyasu Yoshizaki's YouTube channel shows the little fella in action.
Very cute monkey's video. MONKEY TENNIS vol.14 Funny Video | Comedy Video.猿がテニスを始めて２年、こんなに上手になりました！
Yoshizaki's channel has more than 110,770 views.
日光に出かけてサルくんとテニス！みっちり練習してかなり上達しました。ボールの所まで動く、打ったら戻る！人間と同じようなことをサルくんに注意してます(笑)いつかネットを挟んで普通にラリーを楽しめる日がくるかもしれません♪ pic.twitter.com/ppvQMUIiWg
— 吉崎仁康 (@yoshi_yoshizaki) April 6, 2017
Yoshizaki also has 1,800 followers on Twitter.
MONKEY TENNIS 1st anniversary ! サルが１年間テニスをするとこうなりました♪
Monday marked the one-year anniversary of Riki's tennis videos. So, of course, a video was uploaded to celebrate the occasion.