The Fila camp sent out a release this morning with more details about their new partnership with the un-swooshed James Blake. The yet-to-be-named collection will incorporate the heritage of the Fila brand with a contemporary twist inspired by Blake’s signature style. And to that end they have started the process. “We have not started designing […]
sponsorship musical chairs: blake to fila
TSF saved some champagne from our new year celebration (happy 2009, btw) in anticipation of some news from our folks at Fila. Of course, they did not disappoint: Tennis Week is reporting that James Blake has finally left Nike, and will join Janko and Dima in the stud farm. Blake’ll make the clothing and shoe […]
La Monf switches to Prince in 2009
Breakdancer Gael Monfils might not be making as much noise as compatriot Jo-Wilfried Tsonga these days, but he’s still being pegged as one of the sport’s future stars. Racquetmaker Prince recently signed the Frenchman to play with the company’s new line of racquets, slated for release in spring 2009. He first picked up the new […]
eleVen spreads its wings
Venus Williams must be getting excited that her clothing line, EleVen is finally catching on. Russian Nadia Petrova, who is no longer with French company Airness, is through to the fourth round of these Championships wearing EleVen whites. The press asked Venus for comment after her first round match. Q. You brought out a new […]
davydenko, out! + airness drops nadia?
Battle of the No. 3s: Poor Nikolay Davydenko got pushed to five sets by Ivan Ljubicic, the man who used to occupy Kolya’s spot as No. 3 in the world behind Rafa and Roger. The score, in Ivan’s favor: 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. The Russian’s clothing sponsor, Airness, kept up its end of the […]