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.
MONKEY TENNIS! テニスをするサル第14話、錦織圭めざしてサルくんこんなにテニスが上手になった！ MONKEY CAN PLAY TENNIS?
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.