Paes-Hingis meet football icon Beckham


Wimbledon, July 11 (IANS): Indian-Swiss tennis duo of Leander Paes and Martina Hingis took some time off their busy schedule and met English football icon David Beckham at Wimbledon.

"A real treat to meet @DavidBeckham @Wimbledon ... A thorough gentleman," tweeted Paes, also posting a photo of the two together.

Earlier Hingis had also tweeted: "Got a quick pick with David Beckham and my mixed partner @leander Always good for inspiration.."

The duo on Friday made their way into the mixed doubles final here by defeating American top seeds Mike Bryan and Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3, 6-4 in the semi-final. They will play Austrian-Hungarian fifth seeds Alexander Peya and Timea Babos for the championship.

Paes is gunning for his 16th Major trophy.

  

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