Outfits are getting uglier!
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justRick
Rookie
Nike usually has the best styles and colors.Delpo's kit the last few weeks is quite nice. The black and pink version hurt my eyes though.
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G.O.A.T.
Yes.
....for me to poop on!
Kidding. Triumph the insult comic dog approves of the Juanito's shirt at RG this week. Clean simple, manly.
Kudos also to Lacoste for nicely outfitting the dubsmen and senior dubsmen. Nico mahut and Pierre hugues Herbert look great, as do messieurs Bahrami, Santoro, and Wilander.
Nike indeed has the best styles and colors
....for me to poop on!
Kidding. Triumph the insult comic dog approves of the Juanito's shirt at RG this week. Clean simple, manly.
Kudos also to Lacoste for nicely outfitting the dubsmen and senior dubsmen. Nico mahut and Pierre hugues Herbert look great, as do messieurs Bahrami, Santoro, and Wilander.
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The Big Kahuna
Hall of Fame
Honestly, if you took all the logos off all the tennis apparel at TW and put them in a room and offered you anything you wanted for FREE, how many would pick something by Nike?
I doubt anyone would based on the quality, fit, material, styling, and colors.
Be honest.
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The Big Kahuna
Hall of Fame
Looks just like the old Adidas stuff that Marat Safin wore when he won the Australian Open in 2005.
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G.O.A.T.
Agreed.
But...
There would be a small number who worship nike so dutifully, they would psychically sense the missing swoosh and choose accordingly. Their commitment is that deep.
NuBas
Legend
Looks just like the old Adidas stuff that Marat Safin wore when he won the Australian Open in 2005.
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Kind of, not really. Still like the Yonex better.
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G.O.A.T.
I agree. The stripes look bush league to me in white.
Diadora did royal and black well. Assymetrical stripe up by the shoulder. Paired with a White Rocco short with a little royal and black down the sides. Clean but colorful.
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G.O.A.T.
Spot on. They think it's all cool, retro, and like eighties or nineties AF! Even tho it totes isn't.
Nike's degigners are lazy, and clearly Heavily influenced by the female 18-24 demographic, which is horribly influenced by the tween market. Who run this mutha? Girls.
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King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Not everything with neon is bad. Federer 's 2017 IW/Miami kit with neon yellow details was nice.
Tennis_Hands
Banned
It has to do with families getting progressively poor, which leads to:
1) loss of sense of decency in style, both reflected in the choice of wear, and colours
2) loss of knowledge for quality, reflected in the choice of materials to wear
3) kids having to make do with limited clothing, which, combined with the school "demands", result in buying very few, but presumably highly "fashionable" items, which are obscenely priced for those very reasons
It is ironical, that because of limited funds people are forcing themselves into buying exorbitantly priced items.
junior74
Talk Tennis Guru
Nadal used to have cool outfits, but these last couple of seasons it looks like he's left tennis for aerobics and Zumba.
Djokovic looks good in Lacoste. Fedr's outfits are decent. Stan's sometimes very good. Murray's... well, more like hiking clothes.
I love the all white weeks we're entering
Djokovic looks good in Lacoste. Fedr's outfits are decent. Stan's sometimes very good. Murray's... well, more like hiking clothes.
I love the all white weeks we're entering
Bukowski
Professional
Agreed. There have been some nice combos, but few and far between. The all one color from head to toe like the purple of last season (?) and the highlighter yellow is just no good. I think Federer is usually dressed more conservative when compared to the rest of the line.. I believe that in the 70s/80s players wore the same design the whole year and rotated color ways? Now designers are making loads more money and change the design every freaking season, as in spring to summer.. Its gotta be very difficult to create great looking stuff when changing that frequently.. Money rules the world!
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Nadal's all blue was not bad at all in RG, the standard Nike one was horrendous tho
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G.O.A.T.
Yup. I also laugh at how cheap the poly is on the retail versions of these shirts. No way Raf and Roger have to wear these crrapp fabrics.
tennis_balla
Hall of Fame
I hate to say it, and I never thought I'd wear something like that for tennis but I bought some H&M crewneck t-shirts and they're awesome and fraction of the price. Been through the wash countless times and no issues, look great. I've bought Nike tennis t-shirts that haven't lasted this long. They're simple, no logo etc which is perfect. I never went to H&M before, kinda had a hate for them until a friend of mine who's very well off, very good businessman shows up one day wearing one on the court. Probably my favourite shirts to coach in, fit and material and I'm on court daily for multiple hours.
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G.O.A.T.
I am in. What are they made of? Poly, cotton, or a blend? Solid colors?
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The Big Kahuna
Hall of Fame
Anyone else this Rafa looks terrible in this see-through outfit from Nike?
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flanker2000fr
Hall of Fame
Outfits have been getting uglier since 1930
The Big Kahuna
Hall of Fame
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justRick
Rookie
Not what I had in mind when I said I wanted to see a wet t-shirt contest.
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G.O.A.T.
Lol! Looks designed for London's cooler weather. Instead, the weather this summer is more like Madrid, or Athens. So heavy sweating guys look totally drenched. Bet he feels cool in it?
Cannot imagine a hairier, sweatier guy like Pete, Rafter, or Corretja wanting that kind of material on a shirt.
I would wear those shorts with a boxer brief underneath.
The Big Kahuna
Hall of Fame
Great if you are built like Rafa. You should see this outfit on ME!
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King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Looks like a drowned rat
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The Big Kahuna
Hall of Fame
Lopez,as usual, has been killing it with his kits.
I agree. Like Lacoste, Ellesse looks clean and classic and well appointed. I don’t know anyone that would look bad in this kit.
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King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Yet another of the 1000 Safin/Wawrinka parallelsLooks just like the old Adidas stuff that Marat Safin wore when he won the Australian Open in 2005.
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airchallenge2
Hall of Fame
That's too funny. I love ST and own 40+ of their shirts because, to me, the brand means tennis and only tennis! However, I can't forget how bad they messed up the contract they had with Nole. It's not their fault, it's just they can't properly compete on the market nowadays.
Tennis_Hands
Banned
Those stitches running through the middle of the sleeves would trouble me to no end.
Otherwise the design and colours of the dark shirt are very good.
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King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Yeah it really sucked that the contract failed, Djokovic looked like an absolute badass in ST gear.
Bobby Jr
G.O.A.T.
They're not stitches, they're bonded seams (like some of Fed's shirts have had). The whole front and back panels are one piece on those shirt, with a mesh vent under each arm. Cool design and ultra thin material which I haven't seen on tennis shirts before (not that I look at every shirt that comes out).
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Poast of the century
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G.O.A.T.
I noticed this, too. Role reversal from the early 2000s.
Well, with The Fortnight just about over, both huge companies will take the opportunity to show their inelegant designs all summer and fall.
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King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Attach pics pls
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Still better than the Nike AO collection, but not by muchBrutal
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
The Big Kahuna
Hall of Fame
AM75
Hall of Fame
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G.O.A.T.
Is this what "designurz" think is retro eighties cool?
Who in charge? Who run this mutha?
Thirteen year old gurlz who listen to disney radio?
Who in charge? Who run this mutha?
Thirteen year old gurlz who listen to disney radio?
The Big Kahuna
Hall of Fame
The same design works brilliantly for women though.
The Palace x adidas version for men was much better.
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MugOpponent
Hall of Fame
Brutal
Other than Zverev, I think this is extremely good. I'm tempted to buy it.
Capulin Zurdo
Hall of Fame
Lopez,as usual, has been killing it with his kits.
Why won't these outfits be made available?!
