Melanie Oudin will wear the word COURAGE on her custom mi adidas footwear at the 2010 US Open (click on the image to blow it up). Her 2009 pair, imprinted BELIEVE, took her to the US Open quarterfinals.
“The reason I chose the word COURAGE is because in order to believe you have to have the courage to do so,” said Oudin. “Courage to me means playing with no fear and going for it no matter what. You can believe in yourself (more…)
And so our number one girl marches on towards the singles title. Doubles is done; surprise #2 today. I like Serena’s tennis dress at Wimbledon. Simple and slimming with plenty of shaping detail most of which you can’t see at first glance.
Pictured is the Nike Control Lawn Womens Tennis dress, $80. A mesh lined bra is built in; excellent coverage for an ample chest. Voltage Cherry piping on the armholes, under the bust (more…)
Former world number seven Nicole Vaidisova has retired at the young age of 20 and is planning to marry long-time boyfriend Radek Stepanekin July.
The Czech was once one of the brightest new stars, and her indisputably good looks only added to her popularity, but in the recent years her results were more than disappointing, especially having in mind her wasted talent.
The fact that Vaidisova lost in the first round of an (more…)
If a logo-emblazoned tennis bag doesn’t fit your style aesthetic take a look at Cortiglia. The company has released a line of luxury court bags that are as upscale as you can get without spending thousands.
Cortiglia’s bags are made in Italy, constructed with lightweight but sturdy leather and canvas adorned with handcrafted hardware. The C monogrammed dust cover each comes in is the first sign that you’ve got a high-end bag.
The best thing in the second part of Justine Henin’s career would be a Wimbledon title and even though her coach Carlos Rodriguez doesn’t believe, or at least publicly, that she is capable of winning the grass court Grand Slam just yet, the Belgian former world No.1 is on a very good way to “complete” her career.
The top-seeded Henin defeated Germany’s seventh seed Andrea Petkovic 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the final of the Unicef Open (more…)
World No.2 Caroline Wozniacki was supposed to play her Rogers Cup semifinal against Svetlana Kuznetsova on Saturday but persistent rain in Montreal delayed the most part of the match all the way to Monday, which forced the final to be played shortly after.
The 20-year-old cruised to a 6-2 6-3 victory over Kuznetsova in the semifinals without dropping serve and only hours later played for the title against Vera Zvonareva, who reached (more…)
MASON: Maria Sharapova of Russia almost defeated Kim Clijsters of Belgium but failed to overpower intermittent rains in the Cincinnati Open final on late Sunday as she missed three championship points to had the Cincinnati title to her Belgian opponent.
Kim Clijsters of Belgium celebrates after defeating Maria Sharapova of Russia in the Cincinnati Open women’s tennis singles final. Courtesy: (more…)
AnaIvanovic.com recently announced Ivanovic’s US Open 2010 tennis dress with a very meek looking shot of Ana attempting a fist (see below). Perhaps she had the flu during the shoot.
I prefer the shot at left from the just finished Bank of the West Classic which illustrates the fact that the woman still has some mojo. In it she wears the white version of the US Open dress — the one she wore at Wimbledon.
Both are the Fall (more…)
Maria Kirilenko took it to Dinara Safina today in finally sunny New Haven. The stands were packed for this match-up of adidas adorned Russian beauties (there was a noticeable number of young men in attendance for this one). It was tough to tell who would win early on.
Maria has really turned the power on recently and is looking the part in the adidas Barricade line she is now wearing.
This is a great cut for her; very (more…)
After losing to Serena Williams in Miami final, Henin announced that she won’t play in Charleston (which starts on April 9). She wants to go home and rest in order to prepare for the clay-season. She needs some treatment to fight her respiratory problems. Warsaw (April 30) will be her next tournament.
