Sleeveless muscle shirts just look …unprofessional to me in a tennis tournament.

[Vanhalen]

Watching Zverev right now in the semifinals of the French Open. Skinny guy wearing what we used to call a muscle shirt just looks so white trailer trash to me. For the weekend warrior behind the junior high hitting and shanking balls, not for a major professional tennis tournament. A wife beater we call them, because every guy getting arrested on tv for beating his wife….is in cuffs wearing one.

We don’t even allow them at my club, even on the outside courts. A guy asked our pro why he couldn’t wear one, the pro said, “trust me, no one wants to see you in a sleeveless shirt”.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Abs, chains and swag

 

[Lleytonstation]

Abs, chains and swag

Zverev is one sexy man. Period.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Nadal is/was the only one that could pull it off. Someone needs to find Zverev some sleeves along with a Top 10 Slam win

 

[SinneGOAT]

Maybe if Zverev bulked up a bit it could be better, but for now it does look really stupid.

 

[NAS]

Watching Zverev right now in the semifinals of the French Open. Skinny guy wearing what we used to call a muscle shirt just looks so white trailer trash to me. For the weekend warrior behind the junior high hitting and shanking balls, not for a major professional tennis tournament. A wife beater we call them, because every guy getting arrested on tv for beating his wife….is in cuffs wearing one.

We don’t even allow them at my club, even on the outside courts. A guy asked our pro why he couldn’t wear one, the pro said, “trust me, no one wants to see you in a sleeveless shirt”.

Your club sound like a dictatorship, wearing sleeveless and having problem with people who wear sleeveless goes to show how trashy your club is.
Remind me of RG administration which made rule what Serena should wear .
Trashy club, Trashy slam , trashy follower of dictatorship

 

[MichaelNadal]

I think he looks better in the sleeveless than with the sleeves.

 

[SinneGOAT]

I’m thankful that Zverev at least doesn’t have this problem when he wears a sleeveless:

 

[Vanhalen]

I agree Rafa would look better, but still would seem weird in a professional tournament. And all of Zverevs gold chains? Mr T.

 

[SinneGOAT]

Your club sound like a dictatorship, wearing sleeveless and having problem with people who wear sleeveless goes to show how trashy your club is.
Remind me of RG administration which made rule what Serena should wear .
Trashy club, Trashy slam , trashy follower of dictatorship

Maybe some 70 year old woman doesn’t want to see some 20 year old’s armpit hair? Also BO comes through a lot more.

 

[Lleytonstation]

Watching Zverev right now in the semifinals of the French Open. Skinny guy wearing what we used to call a muscle shirt just looks so white trailer trash to me. For the weekend warrior behind the junior high hitting and shanking balls, not for a major professional tennis tournament. A wife beater we call them, because every guy getting arrested on tv for beating his wife….is in cuffs wearing one.

We don’t even allow them at my club, even on the outside courts. A guy asked our pro why he couldn’t wear one, the pro said, “trust me, no one wants to see you in a sleeveless shirt”.

I think he looks better in the sleeveless than with the sleeves.

How about no shirt. Win for everyone.

 

[skip1969]

Nadal is/was the only one that could pull it off. Someone needs to find Zverev some sleeves along with a Top 10 Slam win

It wasn't a cute look for him, either. Nor capris.

But everyone is in charge of their own fashion destiny.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

It wasn't a cute look for him, either. Nor capris.

But everyone is in charge of their own fashion destiny.

Yeah I can't say I ever personally liked it, I didn't. But he had least had the guns to pull it off.

 

[MichaelNadal]

I agree Rafa would look better, but still would seem weird in a professional tournament. And all of Zverevs gold chains? Mr T.

 

[Aabye5]

Watching Zverev right now in the semifinals of the French Open. Skinny guy wearing what we used to call a muscle shirt just looks so white trailer trash to me. For the weekend warrior behind the junior high hitting and shanking balls, not for a major professional tennis tournament. A wife beater we call them, because every guy getting arrested on tv for beating his wife….is in cuffs wearing one.

We don’t even allow them at my club, even on the outside courts. A guy asked our pro why he couldn’t wear one, the pro said, “trust me, no one wants to see you in a sleeveless shirt”.

It certainly does nothing for the Zverev PR campaign, but maybe he doesn't know anything about that particular Americanism?

That said, once Rafa wore them, there was no going back. I couldn't imagine seeing them on the golf course or some place, but in any sport where there is running involved, they are probably cooler. :shrug:

 

[SinneGOAT]

His hair makes his head look like a muffin

 

[NAS]

I think he looks better in the sleeveless than with the sleeves.

The problem is not whether he looks better or not, problem is haters are calling it unprofessional, they need to grow up

 

[skip1969]

Yeah I can't say I ever personally liked it, I didn't. But he had least had the guns to pull it off.

The idea of showing of the guns on a tennis court seems . . . paradoxical to me. Just my opinion. Muscles and tennis just don't go together, in my view.

Could you imagine pro golfers or football/soccer players in sleeveless? It just seems silly.

 

[nam416]

Nadal is/was the only one that could pull it off. Someone needs to find Zverev some sleeves along with a Top 10 Slam win

Delpo looked fine in sleeveless, too

 

[Vanhalen]

Your club sound like a dictatorship, wearing sleeveless and having problem with people who wear sleeveless goes to show how trashy your club is.
Remind me of RG administration which made rule what Serena should wear .
Trashy club, Trashy slam , trashy follower of dictatorship

Far from a trashy club. Doubt you could afford it. It’s to keep the trash out and to have some dignity and class. But you can wear your chains and wife beater.

 

[Thriller]

Watching Zverev right now in the semifinals of the French Open. Skinny guy wearing what we used to call a muscle shirt just looks so white trailer trash to me. For the weekend warrior behind the junior high hitting and shanking balls, not for a major professional tennis tournament. A wife beater we call them, because every guy getting arrested on tv for beating his wife….is in cuffs wearing one.

We don’t even allow them at my club, even on the outside courts. A guy asked our pro why he couldn’t wear one, the pro said, “trust me, no one wants to see you in a sleeveless shirt”.

Good enough for basketball, good enough for athletics, good enough for gymnastics, good enough for tennis.
What do you mean by unprofessional anyway? Do you think that a vest restricts your ability to play tennis to a professional standard?

 

[tennis4me]

Can he wear his muscle shirt at Wimbledon if it's all white? With white gold chain.

 

[NAS]

Far from a trashy club. Doubt you could afford it. It’s to keep the trash out and to have some dignity and class. But you can wear your chains and wife beater.

Where your diginity is decided by price and sleeveless shirt ......

 

[nam416]

It wasn't a cute look for him, either. Nor capris.

But everyone's sponsor is in charge of their own fashion destiny.

FTFY

 

[sureshs]

Only women should be allowed to wear sleeveless shirts

 

[Poisoned Slice]

@Federer and Del Potro My Barry Allen Top Spin 4 player can pull it off.

 

[sureshs]

Tennis is for elites. Improperly dressed people should not be allowed.

 

[Thriller]

Can he wear his muscle shirt at Wimbledon if it's all white? With white gold chain.

Yep. Looks good to me.

 

[skip1969]

FTFY

Hey, come on now. We don't have sponsors, and we still in charge.

 

[Sport]

It wasn't a cute look for him, either. Nor capris.

But everyone is in charge of their own fashion destiny.

It is indeed a fine look for him.

 

[Sport]

Far from a trashy club. Doubt you could afford it. It’s to keep the trash out and to have some dignity and class. But you can wear your chains and wife beater.

Yes, because a completely unknown club has more "dignity and class" than all the four Grand Slams. All the Grand Slams allow players to play sleeveless. Even at Wimbledon, the Holy Grail of class and elegance, players are allowed to wear a sleeveless T-shirt.

Tennis players are performing a physical activity. They are not university professors, they are not lawyers, they are not politicians. Tennis is not the ultimate paradigm of a formal profession. It is a physical sport where players need to be comfortable and wear sport clothes. It would be unclassy to observe a university professor or a lawyer being sleeveless at the job, because that is a formal context. In the context of a tennis match, which is a physical activity, only a snob would say it is unclassy to wesr a sleeveless T-shirt.

 

[Notorious_Junkballer]

It certainly does nothing for the Zverev PR campaign, but maybe he doesn't know anything about that particular Americanism?

They're called wife beaters in Europe as well, and probably all over the globe.

 

[Purestriker]

Abs, chains and swag

You forgot tummy rubs. Dude loves to rub his tummy between points.

 

[Visionary]

Watching Zverev right now in the semifinals of the French Open. Skinny guy wearing what we used to call a muscle shirt just looks so white trailer trash to me. For the weekend warrior behind the junior high hitting and shanking balls, not for a major professional tennis tournament. A wife beater we call them, because every guy getting arrested on tv for beating his wife….is in cuffs wearing one.

I have my views on varieties of issues but I try my best to keep it intact. On some bad days I lose it, on the good ones not so. Opinionistic messages often are controversial which is what you probably are attempting to raise our manhood here for.

We don’t even allow them at my club, even on the outside courts. A guy asked our pro why he couldn’t wear one, the pro said, “trust me, no one wants to see you in a sleeveless shirt”.

But I bet you allow those scantily clad bodacious chicks hit their balls on baselines there. Their tennis fashion and choices truly are more open than the male ones' but then so are some of them when they choose to date good looking high profile sleeveless tennis players. Most importantly though, the club where you are at seems well in control of situations from which hot baseline females wouldn't hit on sexy male net players. Pretty staight club you've got there with a male dress code in effect.

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I play basketball because nobody criticizes my sleevless shirts

 

[40-15 still haunts me]

sleeves or no sleeves, the outcome is this

 

[MotoboXer]

what about screaming like a homocidal maniac before and after the handshake? and kicking sponsor signs??

 

[TheNachoMan]

I like the sleveless look. Obviously only certain players can pull it off

 

[StringGuruMRT]

I had to laugh when he was wearing a long sleeve compression shirt underneath the sleeveless shirt at one of the lead up tournaments...

 

[initialize]

Only people I've seen pull off the sleeveless look are Nadal, James Blake, Monfils, and surprisingly Del Potro even though he's kinda skinny. Zverev just looks too lanky and try-hard to pull it off

 

[Vanhalen]

I like the look of the fat hairy guy with sweat dripping of of his armpit hair. Especially when I’m eating lunch.

 

[Bender]

A wife beater we call them, because every guy getting arrested on tv for beating his wife….is in cuffs wearing one.

well...

 

[Notorious_Junkballer]

Sleeveless only really suits slightly obese geesers.

 

[BeatlesFan]

It depends on who wears them.

Exhibit A: EPIC

Exhibit B: Cringe

 

[Musterrific]

Gate keeping tennis attire? A new low for this forum.

 

[steenkash]

Imagine if we had a thread talking about what women should or would not wear, it would have been taken down immediately.

 

[King_olaf_the_hairy]

Personally I think it's been going downhill since they started wearing shorts...

This is "professional":

 

[brinkeguthrie]

Sloppy, unprofessional look. Better suited for the high school playground. Djoker's look today was classic.

 

[puppybutts]

4 inches of cloth missing = unprofessional
4 inches of cloth present = professional

ok, as if his arms are invisible in a t-shirt. i don't even like zverev but get over it. it's hot. sleeveless has more air circulation. it doesn't make sense for tennis players to bulk up their arms; even nadal was skinny before he got older and started holding onto mass involuntarily. watch something else if you only watch tennis for professional muscly men in tank tops...i suggest your local male s***p club. now those guys are professionals.

 

[guanzishou]

Agreed 1000%! Sweaty hairy armpits is disgusting

 

[jmacdaununder2]

Personally I think it's been going downhill since they started wearing shorts...

This is "professional":

I knew that there were a lot more single handers BITD, but no one mentioned single armers.