Sponsorship Changes for 2023
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Pistol Pete
Semi-Pro
There is supposedly a big announcement or shoot around Miami. Just what I heard.
FrankyRelax
Professional
Soonwoo officially has the vcore pro pj on his racquets. No longer blacked out
Salomonzar12
New User
what is the blackout for????
Adidas_Anderson
Semi-Pro
its kind of a process when they switch Racket Brands , For example you can see Soonwoo on the new Radical 2023 Promo's LOL
Iga tagged asics yesterday. Do you know if she’s keeping the shoes??
Pistol Pete
Semi-Pro
She is switching from head to toe and it’s her and Ben Shelton.
Chokergoat
Rookie
Hopefully not a sign of anything, I thought they was oversaturated on the tours in recent years, but losing Nike would be a big loss for tennis. Hopefully they stick with a maybe smaller group of stars.
rafa_prestige89
Professional
They already left when they dropped Federer...
Keep telling yourself that.
Actually this deal means exactly they don’t care about tennis
what is any other reason they could do anything stupid like throwing absurd money to a guy who won’t win single Slam ever nor is good looking. He will never sell anything.
henrytennisadelaide
Semi-Pro
Actually this deal means exactly they don’t care about tennis
Nike is not a charity. They won't just sling around that sort of money in an industry which they plan to discontinue.
Yeah I was joking but they could invest their money in better way.
jmacdaununder2
Legend
Yep, he worked out the sad reality of Melbourne tennis conditions and doesn’t want any reminders.
(Been spending most of my life livin’ in a hacker’s paradise...).
(Been spending most of my life livin’ in a hacker’s paradise...).
Znak
Hall of Fame
Stevie is sponsored by his how mustache, and that's enoughHere is a pic of Stevie with the aero.
noticeable weight lost tooSeems like he’s still testing yonex strings. Looks like poly tour rev orange and poly tour pro in black (or could be strike) and flash yellow.
brinkeguthrie
Hall of Fame
Shelton,wearing ON:
Salomonzar12
New User
Nobody likes that a promising athlete is unstable with his sponsorship, I think he should get a clothing brand at once and not buy it at every tournament what's up
McLovin
Legend
People here have suggested that he never really was sponsored by NB, and that he was wearing their stuff until he was able to work out an agreement with someone.
Pistol Pete
Semi-Pro
Not an agreement. He has a deal with ON but their tennis clothing is not ready for launch yet. If I had to guess, Miami or the french.
jmacdaununder2
Legend
FIFYI’ve been surprised with how clean and cool the ON apparel has been looking. I might need to get ON that bandwagon
They introduced clay shoes just now so I guess after Miami for the clay season
runningforehand21
Rookie
Garin using Nike at Indian Wells during practice sessions. Couldn’t load pics but you can check his instagram stories
vieterer
New User
Wow, full Nike now. Wonder if he's actually sponsored or not, considering his underwhelming results the past few years.
runningforehand21
Rookie
Definitely interesting, especially since Nike made a lot of changes for this 2023 season
Shaolin
Talk Tennis Guru
Very odd. It would surprise me if he's actually sponsored by them now.
Very surprising.
Devil_dog
Hall of Fame
Salomonzar12
New User
Or maybe a he had a short contract whit NB
Pistol Pete
Semi-Pro
No. Not how it works. He is repped by Team8 who manage Coco and she is an NB player. NB just doing them a solid.
Garin is a neverending racquet/clothes brand changing player. Kinda like a Verdasco 2.0 except the Spaniard always been with the 3 stripes.
I think he'll move to the Vcore pro or go to Wilson
D-Lite
Hall of Fame
Does Nike have 1 overarching tennis sponsorship department or do different countries such as Chile have a Nike Chile who can sponsor players? I'd imagine it's just the 1 sponsorship team as they've cut so many players and we would probably see all kinds of random players wearing Nike. I wonder if they genuinely see potential in him given he can play on clay and grass or whether he has agreed some kind of results based sponsorship/maybe he's just kitting himself in full Nike as he can't find a sponsor/is waiting for a good offer? His results bar Wimbledon last year have been poor if I remember correctly. I thought he would be Ruud level on clay as a few years ago it looked like Ruud, Berrettini and Garin were all on a similar trajectory.
Shaolin
Talk Tennis Guru
I'm sure all sponsorship decisions come from the head office.
If every country had a Nike division that gave out sponsorships then all kinds of randoms would be wearing the swoosh.
Weird to see Nike sponsor Garin as it doesn't fit their MO. Usually they sponsor a bunch of young guys and then get rid of the ones that don't have a lot of success or are just uniquely popular like Kyrgios.
Salomonzar12
New User
What happen with Iga to on???
WYK
Legend
That is a bit mad. But it makes sense. The two racquets aren't really hugely different. The Aero Storm even has a squarish head. I used one for a while, and it reminded me of my Yonex.
Here it is next to my AI:
Salomonzar12
New User
Salomonzar12
New User
One question, someone buy in the online ON Running store? I ask this because I want to buy a shirt and I’m not too sure about if there are another online store, in the online stores since the prices appear in chf (swiss franc)
Devil_dog
Hall of Fame
Chokergoat
Rookie
Mackie said on the Behind the Racquet podcast that Vasek is already done with Original Penguin so it’s only Ajla and him on the team.
that was quite fast
that was quite fast
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