Tendulkar meet Somdev and Roger Federer

June 28, 2011 15:46
Tendulkar meet Somdev and Roger Federer

sachin visitSachin Tendulkar is a familiar face at Wimbledon, the Indian cricket icon frequenting the event every year.

This time Tendulkar's visit was not restricted to just being another famous spectator in the Royal Box on Centre Court. He took advantage of the opportunity to meet with tennis players whilst enjoying some quality on-court action.

It was a great day for India's rising tennis star Somdev Devvarman, who bags an opportunity to get snapped with the legendary cricketer on Saturday.

The meet with Tendulkar was one of the bright moments of the day for Somdev, whose chances in the singles event were dashed by 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny when he lost 2-6, 4-6, 4-6.

And Somdev's doubles campaign was brought to halt after he and partner Kei Nishikori lost 3-6, 4-6, 6-7 (5) to the sixth seeded French-Serbian combine of Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic in the second round on Monday.

Before meeting Somdev, Tendulkar take some time and  meet World No 3 Roger Federer at Centre Court after the Swiss maestro beat David Nalbandian 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday.In what has come to become an iconic photograph, both sportsmen chatted animatedly.

Sachin later went on to Tweet, 'Spent an hour with Roger Federer chatting on the balcony of Wimbledon Royal box. What a humble guy! And by the way he knows a lot about cricket!!'

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