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Roger Federer gives his headband to Indian-origin tennis fan

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 02: Roger Federer of Switzerland waves to the crowd after victory over Dusan Lajovic of Serbia in their Men’s Singles first round match on day one of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 2, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

By: Keerthi Mohan

Roger Federer made a young tennis fan’s dream come true when he gifted his headband to her after a match. A video of the gesture was posted on Wimbledon’s Twitter handle. The video show a young Indian-origin girl standing behind Federer’s chair throughout the match, holding a yellow poster that read ‘Roger can I have your headband pleeease’. Soon after the match got over, Federer approaches the girl, digs into his bag and give her the headband. Federer’s gesture results in loud applause from audience. Ask and you shall receive… ?#Wimbledon @rogerfederer pic.twitter.com/QaEVpNqenB — Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 2, 2018 “It was…

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