Tennis Tennis Federer's cricket move at Wimbledon catches Tendulkar's eye Two great legends - Sachin Tendulkar and Roger Federer - were involved in a Twitter banter. And it was a feast for Twitterati. Team Sportstar 10 July, 2018 22:08 IST Roger Federer and Sachin Tendulkar. - Getty Images Team Sportstar 10 July, 2018 22:08 IST Roger Federer's greatness on a tennis court is know to the world. However, the 20-time grand slam champion may also have the technique to become a great batsman.Federer coasted to a straight-sets win over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino to punch his ticket to the quarterfinals at SW19.At the start of the third set, Mannarino went long with a forehand from the baseline prompting Federer to drive the ball off the court with the sort of technique one would associate with Sachin Tendulkar.After the match, the Master Blaster tweeted to Federer saying, "As always, great hand-eye co-ordination. @rogerfederer, let’s exchange notes on cricket and tennis after you win your 9th @Wimbledon title." As always, great hand-eye co-ordination. @rogerfederer, let’s exchange notes on cricket and tennis after you win your 9th @Wimbledon title https://t.co/2TNUHGn1zK— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 10, 2018 Federer too responded by tweeting, "why wait? I'm ready to take notes! @sachin_rt." why wait? I'm ready to take notes! @sachin_rt https://t.co/UjH5m1wuNT— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) July 10, 2018 It was an action not unnoticed by Wimbledon, with the tournament's official account tweeting: "Ratings for @rogerfederer's forward defence, @ICC? #Wimbledon." Ratings for @rogerfederer's forward defence, @ICC?#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/VVAt2wHPa4— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 9, 2018 That drew a tongue-in-cheek response from cricket's governing body with a mocked-up image of Federer atop the ICC's batting rankings, before also superimposing pictures of the defending Wimbledon champion and Tendulkar onto a Spider-Man meme with the caption: "When greatness recognises greatness". *sigh* ok... pic.twitter.com/KXnhaznxL8— ICC (@ICC) July 9, 2018 When greatness recognises greatness pic.twitter.com/UB2hJli5gw— ICC (@ICC) July 9, 2018 Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address.