Talk About Tennis 2.0

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:48 pm

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:55 am Is this something? New?




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Quite an Instagram handle Thanasi has chosen...

1 shows some restraint.

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 2:19 pm That's not a great photo, ages him.

Maybe it's an astral projection of his old soul.

the Moz wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:28 pm I trust he got coaching at the photo shoot too

He doesn't get coaching during a match, he gets "art direction"

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:31 pm

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 2:19 pm That's not a great photo, ages him.

Maybe it's an astral projection of his old soul.

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 2:19 pm That's not a great photo, ages him.

Agreed, and to me, ages him by over a decade. I posted it because of the magazine connection, otherwise it's a pass from me. A pretty photo artistically imo from the photographer's standpoint, but not the most flattering shot of Stef.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:39 pm

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 2:19 pm That's not a great photo, ages him.

Agreed, and to me, ages him by over a decade. I posted it because of the magazine connection, otherwise it's a pass from me. A pretty photo artistically imo from the photographer's standpoint, but not the most flattering shot of Stef.

I'm glad you posted it b/c it let me know he'll be in Vogue. That's huge. They always do some male player in the September issue these days.

Konta and dogs



Coco Gauff

That's a cool design. I guess she just won a fan and NB a client, because my GF just looked at the shorts and, of course, "I want them" was the reply.

It's a great outfit.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 11:56 pm It's a great outfit.

One of the better ones of the last few years. Love the "Coco" print on the shorts" and the little belt and the cut-out on the crop. I like it a lot better than the green print a couple years ago that was an aerial shot of tennis courts - cool idea, but I didn't like the colors and you couldn't tell what it was on TV. This reads better.

Now, I can't possibly wear this. But it makes me reconsider New Balance.

I think New Balance has had some of the consistently best outfits over the last year and a half or so. Coco's might be one thing and others have something slightly different, but they've been almost across the board, very solid efforts. It's like once Coco's star started to rise they put a new design team on their tennis gear and we're seeing those efforts.

This is part of Coco's collection, so maybe we will no longer see her having a more specialized version of the overall NB look and something completely different.

Agree. And one thing that I can say: it has been years since I last wore NB shoes on court, but the last pair I had were awesome. They lasted a long time (in days in which I would mostly play on hard courts), were comfy and the top lasted way more than the soles.
They do make a quality product.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 6:01 pm Agree. And one thing that I can say: it has been years since I last wore NB shoes on court, but the last pair I had were awesome. They lasted a long time (in days in which I would mostly play on hard courts), were comfy and the top lasted way more than the soles.
They do make a quality product.

I once broke my flip flop at the US Open and had to buy shoes from the onsite store - it was the Polo Ralph Lauren store and the shoes were white New Balance shoes for Ralph Lauren. $100+ for chunky white tennis shoes, but I had no choice. They were AWFUL quality, started breaking down after maybe 10 wears. Haven't bought NB before or since.

From the Taste of Tennis last night


Belinda Bencic




Arina Rodionova and Zarina Diyas





Galina Voskoboeva and Dayana Yastremska





The Bryan Brothers

When Belinda dials it up, she does it wonderfully.