New Delhi: Tennis legend Roger Federer announced retirement from professional Tennis after Laver Cup. While sports personalities and celebrities were congratulating him for his illustrious career, filmmaker Hansal Mehta took a hilarious dig and shared Arbaaz Khan’s picture instead of Federer. There have been memes and social media conversations about Arbaaz and Federer looking similar.
Sharing a tweet, Hansal Mehta wrote, “Going to miss you champion. #RogerFederer,” and posted Arbaaz’s picture below. Mehta brought back the joke and made netizens laugh out loud. In 2019, even Arbaaz acknowledged the similarities being drawn between the two and said he would love to meet the Tennis star as he is a big fan of his play.
Netizens were elated by Hasal Mehta’s tweet and shared some hilarious reactions to it.
Bachpan me mujhe dono same hi dikhte the..
— AZEEMABADI (@azeemabadi) September 16, 2022
The best tweet on Federer retirement ???
— Sidharth Bhat (@SidharthBhat) September 16, 2022
Meanwhile, a user compared Rafael Nadal to actor Shahid Kapoor.
शुक्र है की rafa Nadal अभी भी खेल रहा है pic.twitter.com/taLVLEmiJJ
— Tanmay (@Intellectanmay) September 16, 2022
Meanwhile, tweets and memes about Arbaaz and Federer surfaced the social media again.
Arbaaz Khan prepping for biopic of Roger Federer with the guy who will play a young Rafa Nadal ? pic.twitter.com/puJctZUA8T
— Shahid Shaikh (@5hahid_) September 15, 2022
Oh! and the stuff that dreams are made of:
Two retired legends Roger Federer & Sachin Tendulkar in the same photo! ??? pic.twitter.com/d4Xak1PHes— India Wants To Know – Panel Quiz Show (@IWTKQuiz) September 15, 2022
Time for bollywood to make a biopic on @rogerfederer and cast @arbaazSkhan for it.
Roger that! pic.twitter.com/4FFdgTohIt
— Swastik (@contentwaala) September 15, 2022
Some Twitter users were confused while some were unhappy about these memes.
Why are people using Arbaaz Khan’s picture for Roger Federer? pic.twitter.com/wF6jXbKGOq
— Pravesh Bhardwaj (@AuteurPravesh) September 16, 2022
Roger Federer retires, so tl will be be full of arbaaz khan pics. Dinosaur era joke?
— Ankit Budhwani (@ankit_budhwani) September 15, 2022
The usage of Arbaaz Khan pics while talking about Roger Federer is massively cringeworthy.
They don’t even remotely look similar and it is not even funny.
— Vipul (@Sporty_Baba) September 16, 2022
Shame shame shame.
Poorest of the poor jokes that exist on earth. Do better sir. Do better— BE21EVER (@lawncricket) September 16, 2022
The 41-year-old Tennis star shared an audio note and a heartfelt letter on Twitter to make the announcement. He stated that it was a ‘bittersweet decision’ for him. In his career spanning about 24 years, he has played more than 1500 competitive games and has won 103 ATP Singles titles including 20 Grand Slams. His last Grand Slam came in 2018 in the Australian Open where he won against Marin Cilic in the finals, while he won his last Wimbledon in 2017 against the same opponent.
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) September 15, 2022
The Laver Cup, which is his last competitive tournament, will be a three-day tournament starting on September 23.
