“Your misogyny is loud”- Zendaya brutally roasted by fans on her forehand shot in the ‘Challengers’ trailer while Daniil Medvedev and Brad Gilbert also come under fire

Zendaya receives immense trolling for her forehand scene in the trailer of 'Challengers'.

“Your misogyny is loud”- Zendaya brutally roasted by fans on her forehand shot in the ‘Challengers’ trailer while Daniil Medvedev and Brad Gilbert also come under fire

L-R: Daniil Medvedev, Zendaya still from 'Challengers' and Brad Gilbert (Image via Open Source/X)

The trailer of the tennis-centric movie ‘Challengers’ was released recently. The movie features prominent stars such as Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the film is set to be released in theaters on April 26, 2024.

The film revolves around Zendaya, who plays the role of a tennis prodigy. However, after her knee injury, she is forced to retire from the game. In turn, she becomes the coach of her husband, who is also a tennis player in the movie and is played by Mike Faist.

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However, the trailer of the movie has come under immense fire, especially Zendaya. In the trailer, the actress was seen hitting a backhand winner. However, she has been immensely criticized for the wrong portrayal of the technique. Fans have raged a storm of sarcastic tweets and trolls regarding this forehand technique of the actress.

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Besides, Zendaya, the World No.3 Daniil Medvedev, and coach Brad Gilbert also came under the fire of trolls. The World No.4 played a major role in the technical aspects of the sport shown in the film. As he was the coaching consultant in the film. Coco Gauff‘s coach Brad Gilbert also played a role in the movies—three of the main stars of the film trained with him for three months.

Zendaya, Daniil Medvedev and Brad Gilbert face immense trolling over Twitter

After the trailer of the film was dropped, various X handles and pages posted the photo of Zendaya hitting the forehand. The famous X handle ‘The Tennis Letter’, which especially in posting tennis content, sarcastically wrote, “Forehands in 2034 because of Zendaya’s influence.”

Fans take a brutal dig at the cast of 'Challengers' mainly Zendaya for wrong portrayal of the forehand shown in the trailer of the movie.
A still from the movie trailer of ‘Challengers’ (Image via screengrab)

Check out few reactions on the viral forehand technique:

https://twitter.com/ciadoma24/status/1760338582655619408?s=20
https://twitter.com/zuurtje3/status/1760599982560731604?s=20

The film has a lot of hype among the fans for the film. Even after the immense trolling the film has received, the film is being largely hyped by the netizens. Besides, the film has also received a rating of ‘R’. It is largely because of the foul language used in the film.

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