“Meet The OG Thalaiva”: Axis Financial institution’s Epic Response To Wimbledon’s Image Of Roger Federer

Wimbledon 2023 is on and the tennis followers world wide are witnessing some thrilling, breathtaking video games as the largest names of the game are in motion. To make this event extra particular, tennis legend and 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer returned to the Centre Court docket for the first-time, since his retirement final yr. The official Twitter deal with of Wimbledon shared the image of Federer and captioned it as, “THALAIVA”, which suggests a pacesetter. Nonetheless, India’s Axis Financial institution gave a hilarious reply on the image.

Commenting on the submit, Axis Financial institution posted an image of Tamil Celebrity Rajnikanth (who’s fashionable by the title of Thalaiva) and wrote, “@rogerfederer, @Wimbledon Meet the OG Thalaiva! @rajinikanth.”

@rogerfederer @Wimbledon Meet the OG Thalaiva! @rajinikanth pic.twitter.com/FOStPE5nj4

— Axis Financial institution (@AxisBank) July 6, 2023

This was not the primary response on Federer’s pic. Earlier on Saturday, Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Tremendous Kings additionally shared a photoshopped image of former India skipper MS Dhoni and wrote, “What if the lions have a go along with the racket on the @Wimbledon?”

Wimbledon paid tribute to Roger Federer on Tuesday because the eight-time champion returned to the scene of his a few of his best triumphs. The Centre Court docket crowd gave the Swiss nice a chronic standing ovation interspersed with cheers as he entered the royal field.

The 41-year-old has principally stayed away from tennis since bowing out in emotional scenes on the Laver Cup in London in September however was equally honoured on the grass-court occasion in Halle, Germany, final month.

Federer, who ended his profession with 20 Grand Slam titles, gained his first Wimbledon title in 2003 and a file eighth males’s crown in 2017.

He performed his closing match on the All England membership in 2021, shedding within the quarter-finals to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz. Novak Djokovic is the new favorite to equal Federer’s Wimbledon mark this yr and safe his twenty fourth Grand Slam title.