Sachin Tendulkar meets two tennis greats at Wimbledon, pens cheeky caption – see picture | Cricket News – Times of India

Sachin Tendulkar, waves within the Royal Box previous to the Gentlemen’s Singles semi-closing match between Taylor Fritz and Carlos Alcaraz (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Wimbledon 2025 has not solely delivered thrilling tennis motion however has additionally drawn a number of world sporting icons. On Friday, it was the flip of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar to steal the highlight with a picture that rapidly went viral throughout social media. Tendulkar posted a photograph of himself joined by two tennis greats — Roger Federer and Bjorn Borg. He posted the picture with a cheeky caption that learn: “What’s sweeter than strawberries & cream at Wimbledon? Finding yourself in the middle of a Grand Slam sandwich.” The gentle-hearted put up delighted followers, combining the world’s of tennis and cricket, with a uncommon assembly of legends from two sports activities.Federer, who retired in 2022, has eight males’s singles Wimbledon titles to his identify. Swedish tennis nice Bjorn Borg however, has clinched the title as SW19 5 instances. Earlier, photographs of Tendulkar attending matches at SW19 had already created a buzz on-line, with the 52-12 months-previous within the Royal Box throughout an thrilling day of tennis motion. His presence at Wimbledon adopted one other particular second in London only a day prior. On Thursday, July 10, Tendulkar was honoured at Lord’s with a bigger-than-life portrait unveiled at the MCC Museum. He additionally rang the long-lasting 5-minute bell at the historic venue for the very first time, including one other chapter to his deep reference to the ‘Home of Cricket’.

With the ladies’s singles closing set and the lads’s semi-finals underway, Wimbledon 2025 continues to be a magnet for legends from throughout sports activities. And this time, it was a cricketing icon sharing centre stage with two Grand Slam giants. Besides Sachin, Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri and Rishabh Pant have been additionally in attendance over the previous couple of days. English cricket icons James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Joe Root have been additionally at the Grand Slam match.