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From the monthly archives: August 2009
Big thanks to GTT reader and big-time tennis fan, Judy Salas, for her report and candid photos of Rafa, Serena and others from Wednesday’s GAME. SET. NYC. event in Manhattan. She came for Roger, but stayed for Rafa – and boy, is she glad she did! Here’s her story: I spent most of my day [...]
Continue Reading →Here are some more fun photos of Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Old Man McEnroe from Wednesday’s Nike event. These are fantastic because: 1. Both Rafa and ReRe look fabulous in their bright, shiny duds. 2. The photos allow for a side-by-side comparison of their impressive buns and guns – it really is a toss [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams previewed their US Open outfits at the Game, Set, Match exhibition today in New York City. I’m really digging Rafa’s yellow and blue ensemble, which Nike says was inspired by New York’s taxis: Rafael Nadal has a contemporary style, and the energy of New York serves as the design inspiration [...]
Continue Reading →Here are some photos of Roger Federer at today’s Game, Set, NYC promotion sponsored by Nike with John McEnroe and kids from a local tennis program. Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams were there too (in the flesh, not just in the posters) – stay tuned for more photographs.
Continue Reading →InStyle and Tiffany & Co. hosted a cocktail party celebrating Maria Sharapova’ s partnership with architect Frank Gehry, who designed the earrings Maria will be wearing on court. The party was at New York’s Cooper Square Hotel and included birthday and Gossip Girl Blake Lively and Ugly Betty star Ana Ortiz. Here’s the “scoop” from [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer took part in Nike’s Game, Set, NYC promotion today on a temporary court set up on the streets of Manhattan. He wore his new US Open outfit, which is clean, crisp and uncontroversial. Here’s the scoop via Nike: Roger Federer’s contemporary style is embodied in the details and craftsmanship of his US Open [...]
Continue Reading →Now this is a Sony Ericsson stunt I can get behind! Flavia Pennetta and Caroline Wozniacki took over Yale Dome football field in a fun promotion for this week’s Pilot Pen Tennis tournament, a US Open tune-up in New Haven, CT. I hope Woz really does take Flavs out for dinner! Sounds like fun. Some [...]
Continue Reading →The US Open seeds are out! With Andy Murray breaking up the Nadal/Federer hold on the top two spots, this year’s men’s draw is open to all sorts of possibilities – Federer, Nadal and Roddick could all be on the same side of the draw, for instance. On the women’s side, we have the perennial [...]
Continue Reading →Photo by Dewey Nicks for The New York Times The Bryan Brothers got the Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer treatment in the latest New York Times Magazine. The lengthy article by Eric Konigsberg is called Unseparated Since Birth and is filled with the kind of freaky/sweet identical twin anecdotes that will make this required reading [...]
Continue Reading →With Roger’s big win(s) in Cincinnati this weekend, it’s getting crowded on the Federer Express. Next stop, US Open. Here are some choice quotes: Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated sums it up: Was it really about three months ago that the Fed Express appeared to be sputtering, as the eponym was lacking a single title [...]
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