Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Tennis icon Roger Federer caught up with one another on the All England Garden Tennis and Croquet Membership in the course of the ongoing 2024 Wimbledon Championships on Saturday (July 6).
Sachin Tendulkar attends Wimbledon 2024
The 2 legends met in a social setting on the membership after watching matches on the sixth day of Wimbledon. Tendulkar, a visitor within the Royal Field alongside along with his spouse Anjali, watched fourth seed Alexander Zverev’s victory over native favorite Cameron Norrie within the third-round match. Federer attended to observe 14th seed Ben Shelton’s win over Denis Shapovalov.
A memorable assembly with the Tennis legend
After their respective matches, Tendulkar and Federer had the possibility to catch up and change pleasantries, posing for an image collectively. Wimbledon’s official X account posted the photograph, displaying Federer wanting dapper in a gray go well with, whereas Tendulkar donned a beige-coloured go well with. The caption learn, “You by no means know who you’ll stumble upon at #Wimbledon.”
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Tendulkar’s want record
Throughout his go to to Wimbledon 2024, Tendulkar revealed his want record in an interview with the event organizers. Sporting a cream-coloured blazer, Tendulkar gave candid responses throughout a fun-filled interplay. He talked about he would have cherished to have Federer as his batting accomplice attributable to Federer’s cricketing connections, noting that Federer’s mom is from South Africa and he follows cricket.
“One tennis participant I’d like to bat with is Roger Federer as a result of has additionally obtained cricketing connections. You recognize, his mom is from South Africa and he follows cricket. Once we sat collectively and chatted, we mentioned plenty of cricket, not simply tennis. So it needs to be Roger,” Tendulkar was quoted as saying by the Hindustan Instances.
Remembering a previous buddy
Tendulkar additionally remembered his late buddy Shane Warne, expressing his want to play tennis with the previous Australian leg-spinner once more. He revealed that he performed tennis alongside Warne in London. Tendulkar talked about that Yuvraj Singh, one other retired Indian cricketer, would have been his supreme doubles accomplice.
“There are two sturdy contenders. Sadly, we misplaced Shane Warne a few years in the past, however I loved enjoying tennis with Warney. In actual fact, we performed collectively in London. The opposite man is Yuvraj Singh, who’s from the Indian cricket workforce. He has additionally retired,” Tendulkar concluded.
