Federer emulates Tendulkar with cricket-style shot at Wimbledon

The Swiss maestro swept away his opponent Adrian Manarinno in three sets, but it was a nonchalant flow of the racket in the third set which caught the eyes of willow-lovers.

Federer over-hit a backhand and when his opponent courteously returned the ball, the eight-time Wimbledon champion elected to display his cricket skills, with a punched forward defence, which didn't go unnoticed by Wimbledon's social media accounts.

The 36-year-old is more renowned for defending tennis titles than forward defences, but this dexterous left-handed shot displayed his innate sporting talent.

Furthermore, it was straight out the middle of the strings. It would a lot of chat from the slip cordon to get an edge out of this legend!

Here's to seeing Roger pull off the Dilscoop in his quarter-final.

Sachin Tendulkar, then later took to Twitter to praise Federer's copy-book forward defence. " As always, great hand-eye co-ordination, let’s exchange notes on cricket and tennis after you win your 9th Wimbledon title," wrote the maestro.

Here's hoping Federer adds another one of those coveted Wimbledon titles to his kitty.