Ay caramba.
October 14th, 2009 • holy rafa, james blake, tennis players are fashionists too
I think of all times I’ve made of fun Rafa‘s outfits, this one is the most deserving. He participated in this fan event in Shanghai before his win over Blake (three sets, if you care). Went there, said a few words, made a few kids happy and wore a t-shirt that said “Nadal” in pink.
A t-shirt. With his name on it. In pink. (I actually like the plaid shorts.)
I’m not saying that I don’t like the tee, I do. I’d even buy it and proudly wear it as the Rafatard I am. But he wearing the shirt? It’s like the same level of monogram ridiculousness. Except it’s Rafa, so he was probably all “Free t-shirt! Cool! It even has my name on it! Me gusta mucho”. Bless that kid.
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robert October 15, 2009at 12:23 pm
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federer did it better
Answer: I have tried and failed several times to keep blogs up. Why? Because I don’t like doing serious journalism unless there’s money showing up in my bank account — and there wasn’t. This blog will have no interest in being impartial or, you know, actually talking about the sport (ok, maybe from time to time). There are tons of other blogs (and news websites) that do this job pretty well already. Here we will discuss the shallow part: the outfits, the gossip, the outrages and who Fernando Verdasco is currently dating.
It was a Nike event to launch those Nadal fan shirts, and where Nike had hanged hundreds of them (in pink) onto all the balconies of a nearby Shanghai highrise, so it was just a marketing gimmick for Rafa to appear in the shirt as well. Check at the Nike site.