This week’s trophies — from tournaments in Brazil, Marseilles, Bangalore, San Jose, and Antwerp — range from simple (read: generic) to extravagant. Of course, I would be crazy not to highlight the Proximus Games’ diamond-encrusted tennis racket, a prize awarded to any player who wins the tournament 3 times in 5 years. Mauresmo achieved this […]
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Tennis trophies from this past week. Only the women vied for awards. The men were off playing Davis Cup. Sybille Bammer hoisting her Pattaya trophy:
Davis Cup 2007
The first round of the 96th Davis Cup starts on February 9. And for me, as much as this is a year-long battle of national prides, it’s also a showdown of fashion senses. Team uniforms add to the sense of team cohesion, especially because these guys are on their own for the rest of the […]
tennis trophies
From tournaments in Tokyo (Pan-Pacific), Chile (Vina del Mar), Delray Beach (International Tennis Championships), and Zagreb (PBZ Zagreb Indoors). The Japanese came up with some gorgeous mementos for Hingis and Ivanovic, and the enormity of the Zagreb trophy (Baghdatis got dwarfed!) is worth pointing out. Pan Pacific Women’s Singles Final
tennis trophies
I’ve had this fascination with tennis trophies ever since I saw the one they gave to Nikolay Davydenko after he won the Paris Masters last November: I’m not sure if this version of the photo does it justice, but it has this weird oxidized copper color and it looks like cubist coral or tree. Okay […]
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