‘I think he's copied me' – Stuart Broad reveals excruciating handshake with David Beckham in Wimbledon Royal Box
The former
cricket
and football captains were both in attendance for Day One of Wimbledon this week and wore remarkably similar outfits.
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Stuart Broad was in attendance at Day One of Wimbledon
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The former England cricketer was sitting in the Royal Box
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Broad had a similar get-up to former England football skipper Sir David Beckham
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Broad was spotted sitting behind Beckham and former Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate in the coveted Royal Box.
Tennis fans couldn't help but point out the similarities between the pair's respective light-tan get-ups.
Broad was ribbed over the outfit clash during the second Test between India and England at Edgbaston on Wednesday, with
Broad replied with a grin on his face: "I actually think he has copied me."
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He recalled: 'When he walked into lunch, he put his hand out to shake hands.
"And he's had some surgery, big sort of plaster cast or something on his hand, and it was a bit awkward."
Broad was wary of having a firm handshake with the former
Manchester
United and Real
Madrid
man as he recently had surgery to remove a 23-year-old screw in his arm.
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Stuart Broad had an awkward handshake with Becks, who recently went under the knife
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He continued: "I was sort of like, 'How firm a handshake do I go here?'
'So I ended up sort of just doing like a bit of a tappy handshake with him, which was a little bit awkward.
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