We’ve been watching a lot of Tennis Channel at Chez TSF — especially those classic matches from the 80s — and’ve been totally fascinated by the short shorts worn by Borg, Connors, Ashe, et al. We want them to come back! Our only concern is how they’ll keep junk in the trunks, but it worked […]
trophy watch: winning matches by hitting the ball? so 2008
Not many repeats this week as the lower-profile players — at least when it comes to wins — chomped off pieces of the trophy pie. Golden statement: In Kuala Lumpur, Russian Nikolay Davydenko wore his gilded Airness track jacket as he received the trophy for beating Fernando Verdasco to take the Proton Malaysian Open on […]
cool t-shirts on gilles simon make us smile
Photo taken at the PTT Bangkok Open Muay Thai event. adidas “Cool Trainers Always Make Me Smile” tee, £14.99, JJB Sports. Draw: These three guys are still in (second round), with Ginepri facing Korolev, Simon facing Kevin Kim, and Isner going up against Zverev. (pdf) (image by Getty)
robby ginepri is the baby bear…
… to our Goldilocks — he’s just right! One of the treats of the Thailand Open is the ATPers doing some Muay Thai. This year they had the suuuuuuuper pasty John Isner, Gilles Simon, and Robby Ginepri get into some silk shorts and spar for the photographers. It’s funny to see the martial artists turn […]
grigor dimitrov: clothed, so no cigar
Not until he has to: Russian Grigor Dimitrov (clothed, le sigh) lost to third seed Gilles Simon in the AEGON Championships Round of 16 in two tiebreak sets. For this Wimbledon stretch, adidas has its Competition collection in red, blue, and white. I guess Grigor will stay as far away from the all-white rule until […]