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Blink and you’d have missed it.
However the tennis and Okay-pop worlds collided on Roger Federer’s Instagram, of all locations, as he posted an image of himself with the Okay-pop stars Blackpink in Paris.
“My children stated this was a particular IG put up,” the 20-time grand slam winner commented and as his likes ticked effectively above a million, it seems they had been proper.
Blackpink – made up of 4 members, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé – is likely one of the largest bands on the planet, boasting extra YouTube subscribers than another music artist and a military of followers generally known as “Blinks” – a portmanteau of “black” and “pink.”
“blink????” present world No. 7 Coco Gauff commented on Federer’s picture whereas Denis Shapovalov, who reached the third spherical at this 12 months’s Australian Open commented: “Hahaha yessss,” alongside a sun shades emoji.
Federer, who retired from aggressive tennis in September, posted the picture precisely 5 years after he defeated Marin Cilic within the males’s Australian Open ultimate – his twentieth and final grand slam title.
Since retiring, Federer has spent extra time on the planet of trend, posting photos on Instagram from Paris Vogue Week on Tuesday.
In March, he’ll be part of Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour to co-chair the 2023 Met Gala alongside singer Dua Lipa and actors Penélope Cruz and Michaela Coel.
