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Today was probably one of those exciting day when Legends from different field met and shared their time with each other.

Sachin Tendulkar, the cricketing legend, whose record might perhaps never be broken if even by Sachin himself, was one among the cheerful crowd at the Wimbledon Championships match. We also had Former Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova present at the crowd watching the match.

Roger Federer, the tennis legend, who has more number of grand slams in his belt than any other tennis  player, whose record of winning straight six tournament is perhaps will remain unbroken for decades to come, was at the center of the court  preparing for the match with David Nalbandian.

When Sachin Tendulkar presence was felt by the fans with his introduction , the crowd went crazy and started cheering for him.

Is it said that when too Icons met, the air goes tense and cold. However, Roger Federer kept himself patient and secured an easy win over David Nalbandian.

It is reported that both Sachin and Federer had dinner together after the match

Lets hear what Sachin and Federer has to say on their meeting

Sachin tweeted, “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!!”

Federer  talked about his meeting with Tendulkar on his facebook page.

“Today was a special day, played a good match and had the chance to catch up with the great indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar,” read the status message on his facebook page.

World No. 1 and 2 tennis players Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer sat down in Cincinnati last week to record a promo spot. Neither are professional actors, and it appears there was no actual script. Predictably, there was some difficulty getting the ad finished.

Che, i enjoyed watching the video. The best part is when Roger asks Nadal what he will give him for Christmas, Nadal replies with an exhibition match. Boy, its nice to see the greatest Tennis player to be friends. Love it!

MADRID: Rafael Nadal clinched a record-breaking 18th career Masters title on Sunday when he defeated old rival Roger Federer 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) in the Madrid final, landing a powerful psychological French Open blow in the process.

The Spaniard, who will reclaim the world number two ranking on Monday, became the first man to claim three major clay titles prior to the start of Roland Garros while victory also gave him an 18th Masters trophy, one more than Andre Agassi and two ahead of Federer.

A year ago, Federer defeated Nadal in the Caja Magica final, then carried the victory momentum to Roland Garros where he lifted his first title at the venue with a defeat of Robin Soderling to complete a career Grand Slam.

Nadal now heads to Paris with all guns blazing as he bids to wipe out last year’s fourth-round loss to Soderling and resume his trophy chase after winning the first four editions he played in the French capital.

“Winning here at home is a dream,” said Nadal, who took the victory honours over the past weeks in Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid.

“Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would win all three of these big events,” added the Spaniard, unbeaten this clay season with 15 consecutive victories.

Nadal, now with 39 titles to his name, leads Federer 14-7 in career meetings, winning ten of their last 12.

He now stands 28-2 in claycourt finals, his two losses coming at the hands of Federer, including Madrid a year ago.

Federer missed out on chances repeatedly in the final, which lasted just over two hours, converting on only one of seven break points in an hour-long opening set.

In the second, the world number one twice recovered from a break down and once into the tiebreaker, took a 4-2 lead.

But four consecutive unforced errors meant a wasted effort, with Nadal claiming victory on his second of three match points, a Federer miss-hit.

“It’s been a wonderful event for me,” said the Swiss. “I’m sorry I couldn’t defend the title. Rafa’s had an incredible clay season, he was supreme today.

“I’m looking forward to Paris, I’m happy with my claycourt game, I know I’m not Spanish but I tried to play some clay court tennis here.”

Federer, whose only title this season came over Andy Murray for the Australian Open title, fired nine aces, including three in the ninth game of the second set as the drum-tight contest wound toward the tiebreaker.

The Swiss saved seven of the 11 break points he faced while Nadal was broken three times.

Nadal moved into a tie in fifth place in the list of claycourt title winners with his 28 alongside Bjorn Borg and Ilie Nastese. Argentine Guillermo Vilas leads the table on 45.

Nadal and Federer have combined to win 18 of the past 20 Grand Slam titles.

News taken from  /timesofindia.indiatimes.com   .

The credit for the post goes to them

Swiss tennis star Roger Federer, chasing his 15th Grand Slam title at this season’s Wimbledon, has expressed a desire to meet former South African President Nelson Mandela.

The five-time Wimbledon champion once the tournament is over, he would appreciate a chance to shake hands with Mandela.

“I’ve never met Nelson Mandela and it’s still definitely one of my dreams. He’s had an incredible life and has been inspirational to many people. I have always looked up to him as a great man, that’s for sure,” The Sun quoted Federer, as saying.

According to reports, Mandela is a huge sport fan and might quite like an invitation to watch Federer in action at the All England Club. ederer entered the fourth round on Friday with a comfortable win over German Philipp Kohlschreibe

Roger Federer has finally won the French title beating Robin Soderling 6-1 7-6 6-4 to clinch the French title cup. This title makes Federer second man after  Andre Agassi to win all the four grand slam titles in all the surface.

Emotional Federer after the victory said “It might be the greatest victory of my career.”  He was continously  beaten for  three times in the French open finals by none other than Clay king Rafael Nadal. But this time Nadal cannot make it to finals thanks to 23rd-seeded Soderling who crashed nadal in  fourth round of the tournament.”To me, Nadal  is the best player in history,” the Swede said.

“It was really not easy to deal with my emotions,” said the 27-year-old Federer. This win also makes him only the sixth person to win the 14th grand slam title and also equalled Pete Sampras’s record of 14 grand slams. The confidence of beating soderling in the last 9 previous matches helped me to keep up the pressure added Roger Federer.

Finally for Roger Federer,its  Mission Accomplished winning his First French title.

Tennis King Roger Federer has finally wed his long waited girlfriend.Roger federer who is world number 2 at present met with Mirka Vavrinec during the  olympics games in 2000.

“It was a beautiful spring day and an incredibly joyous occasion,” the 27-year-old Swiss told in his website.And the couple is now expecting a child.

Since october last year federer has not won any titles.And he played poorly to lose the match against Novak Djokovic in Miami

Federer was due to take part in a tournament Monte Carlo Masters next week and is about to play the opening match of  the clay- court tournament.Actually federer was to skip this tournament due to scheduling reasons  but made his mind at the moment considering his recent form and his losses.

Rafael Nadal is also in the tournament.Rafael was originally called the King of clay. Man i am definitely waiting to watch the dual finals between Federer and Nadal.

If Nadal wins the tournament, he will attain and record 5th straight win. This makes the tournament more special. I think only to stop Nadal win the 5th tournament this year did Federer choose to play. Let’s hope for the best.

“We  congratulate Roger Federer and Mirka Vavrinec  for their Marriage and wish them Best for their life”   [thfire.com]