Federer: Red racquet, but he is on the Blue team?

Crashbaby

Semi-Pro
Surely someone has noticed that the new limited edition Laver Cup RF97 is red, but Federer plays on the blue team...
Heads are about roll at Wilson Marketing... I’m a huge Fed fan and this appears to be a pretty big oversight!
Even crazier: I still want one! :)
 
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David Le

Hall of Fame
Surely someone has noticed that the new limited edition Laver Cup RF97 is red, but Federer plays on the blue team...
Heads are about roll at Wilson Marketing... I’m a huge Fed fan and am struggling to see how Federer has accepted this and has been filmed smiling while holding this racquet in hand?
Um, what? Red is the main color for Wilson. Why would they make the racquet blue?
 

cluckcluck

Hall of Fame
The whole naming thing is weird to me, Team Europe and Team World...Europe is part of the world. Too strange.
 

dnguyen

Hall of Fame
Easy, just tell Wilson to change the colour of W logo to blue for the Laver cup and when it’s over, change it back and of course it will cost them a million dollars!
 

Rabbit

G.O.A.T.
Surely someone has noticed that the new limited edition Laver Cup RF97 is red, but Federer plays on the blue team...
Heads are about roll at Wilson Marketing... I’m a huge Fed fan and am struggling to see how Federer has accepted this and has been filmed smiling while holding this racquet in hand?

When you're as good as Federer is, you can play with whatever color you want. Maybe it's that someone misnamed the teams!

Um, what? Red is the main color for Wilson. Why would they make the racquet blue?

Well, they do have that pesky Ultra line that is blue.

The whole naming thing is weird to me, Team Europe and Team World...Europe is part of the world. Too strange.

It's a knock off of Ryder cup where it's Team Europe vs Team United States. The problem is they couldn't do that in tennis, it wouldn't even be a contest. Team Europe could send their juniors and beat Team United States. You reading this, PMac? The USTA has screwed tennis up in America!
 

chikoo

Hall of Fame
Surely someone has noticed that the new limited edition Laver Cup RF97 is red, but Federer plays on the blue team...
Heads are about roll at Wilson Marketing... I’m a huge Fed fan and am struggling to see how Federer has accepted this and has been filmed smiling while holding this racquet in hand?

That is a blue racquet.
 

FedLIKEnot

Professional
Surely someone has noticed that the new limited edition Laver Cup RF97 is red, but Federer plays on the blue team...
Heads are about roll at Wilson Marketing... I’m a huge Fed fan and am struggling to see how Federer has accepted this and has been filmed smiling while holding this racquet in hand?

The color scheme of the event is blue and red with white shorts if they stick to last years kits. So even though he is wearing blue the red racquet still make sense within the constraints of that event. Also red is synonyms with Wilson itself, and the Pro Staff line on a macro level. So again makes plenty sense....I can just about assure you his kit and racquet in action will photograph well. Which is one of the nice things about Laver Cup or at least last years and how this years seems to be going, they care about the visuals. The stage lighting of the court for example similar to how the Lakers, and Nets light the arena during NBA games.

The whole naming thing is weird to me, Team Europe and Team World...Europe is part of the world. Too strange.

Well technically it is Team Europe vs The Rest of the World, but that doesnt make for a good logo and branding. I personally like it, than again am not a literal person in just about any instance. Haha.
 

FedLIKEnot

Professional
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Yea the racquet pops and the overall aesthetic look is great. @brinkeguthrie dont get made but it even ties into the Uniqlo logos.
 

ron schaap

Hall of Fame
When you're as good as Federer is, you can play with whatever color you want. Maybe it's that someone misnamed the teams!



Well, they do have that pesky Ultra line that is blue.



It's a knock off of Ryder cup where it's Team Europe vs Team United States. The problem is they couldn't do that in tennis, it wouldn't even be a contest. Team Europe could send their juniors and beat Team United States. You reading this, PMac? The USTA has screwed tennis up in America!
You forgot that in the past the Ryder cup was America against the rest of the world. However America isnt dominating golf anymore, nor do they dominate tennis anymore. Trumps America first did not help either Lol, lol.
 

Rabbit

G.O.A.T.
You forgot that in the past the Ryder cup was America against the rest of the world. However America isnt dominating golf anymore, nor do they dominate tennis anymore. Trumps America first did not help either Lol, lol.

America's decline in golf & tennis predates Trump, my friend. You can't blame him for everything!
 
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