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Identical green shirts with dumb-ass vertical stripe down the spine. The women frequently will do the same sort of thing: Wear a dress identical to that of the opponent. Dumb-ass, dumb-ass, dumb-ass.
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Fritz vs. Sela is mostly a clothing sponsor issue. They are both sponsored by same company, company has select number of outfits, players chose what they like, both players like the same thing. Luck of draw that they faced each other in first round. Shit happens.
Wimbledon is a breath of fresh air. It's ok if players wear all white for two weeks out of the year.
Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca RatonComment
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How much does the conformity offend me? Not much. But if I were a publicist I would find it inane. And as a sports fan I find it ludicrous. I suppose I am spoiled from participating in intercollegiate crew, a sport in which the shirts are very colorful. My favorite from back in the days when we would win Philadelphia's Dad Vail Regatta and therefore carry off 80 shirts from the backs of the other heavyweights was Wayne State from Detroit.
The Wayne State shirts were bright yellow with a big green W front and back. As the eight-oared crew came down the river, the points of the W's would seem to mesh like gnashing teeth. I rowed at position number four, so got three shirts from the Wayne State four-man whoever it was in the three years we won the Dad Vail. And this became my favorite won shirt just because it was so dramatic-- the three only wore out after about 40 years.
Giving up the shirt on your back is a great tradition. There's no reason it couldn't be instituted in tennis and at all levels, especially in mixed doubles.
On the other hand, tennis already has a lot of its own traditions, such as Wimbledon white. gzhpcu really got me there. Because I accept the tradition of Wimbledon white, the fact that two singles opponents are both wearing the same color (white) doesn't stir me up in any way.
But to see Fritz and Sela both wearing the same green and then Ryan Harrison same thing too right afterward-- a real conformist he for life unless he somewhere somehow manages to break loose-- just doesn't seem right. What, are tennis players now going to be told by Nike what to wear? Perhaps Nike would like to dictate hair length as well? And how many times per match one can swear? And whom one marries of course. Did I miss anything? Remember, in successful countries there always is a healthy mix of public and private sector-- neither one nor the other has taken over. And when in a national political convention one repeatedly sees a placard reading "Socialism sucks," one really does need to see another right next to it reading "Capitalism sucks."
Because both capitalism and socialism do suck. But if you don't think so, reader, thank you anyway for permitting me to share this rumination with you. I'm trying out a new computer for the first time, don't you see.
If I were a fight promoter, I would like it if one boxer wore white, the other black, maybe just to tell them apart.Comment
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Wayne State Warriors. The Center of higher education off Woodward Ave. Nestled in between I-75 and I-94. Get a nice sniff of the Detroit River mixed with the industry heavy blue collar smoke of GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Factory. Ahhh...memories
Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca RatonComment
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Okay, I will write something. The order of these posts is screwed up.Comment
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The Ivo Karlovic Serve...and the Amazing Mr. Monfils
Halfway decent final. Karlovic versus Monfils. Serving for the match and the tournament Karlovic loses his serve after winning it 53 consecutive times. But on the 54th try...the most important one...he fails to hold serve.
While the Karlovic serve is obviously the "ultimate weapon" in the modern game of tennis...the question is why on the most important occasion did it let him down? He also lost the subsequent tie-breaker. Obviously the motion is not the prettiest in the world and is sort of a hodgepodge of backswing and forward swing. But it works most of the time...but it shows a bit of shakiness under pressure. Not all of the time...but at times when it is needed most. In tie-breakers for instance.
Monfils is one of the most talented players on the tour though not necessarily one of the hardest workers I suspect. He's having a good time. I was trying to imagine these two going at it with wooden racquets. Mental gymnastics. I was trying to figure out if the Karlovic serve would be more of an advantage in that case or less of an advantage.
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