Today’s Outfits: The Best Of

August 31st, 2009 • 4 comments Kimilf Clijsters, bepa z., beth mattek the official wta fashionist, kiri is 2 hot 4 u, maria shutupova, tennis players are fashionists too, the radwanskas, vika azarenka, viktoriya kutuzova, williamses

I’ll start with Fierce Tennis‘ official girlcrush, Vika.

Same Wimbledon outfit but in different colours.  The headband is still sexy and — if possible — even sexier in bright yellow but the top is still unflattering as hell. She should have stuck with the black long-sleeved shirt worn during warmup. THAT was looking good.

The conclusive proof headbands are soooo in.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands has one! (and lol @ the socks, I guess it could always be worse with Beth)

Fila tried to do this “old school” look for Kim Clijsters. I like the bag, the rest is… *yawn*.

Serena‘s dress is equally plain but SHOES! I love them.

And on Kiri‘s first tournament as a non-Stella girl… she still looks hot. Shocker.

Good looks: always helps when you don’t have a designer outfit.

One of my favourites: Kutuzova‘s green dress that was supposed to be worn by Sharapova at the Australian Open. Gawjuz.

Bepa Zvonareva kept it clean and simple. Very pretty as well.

I would have preferred if she wore this though. Maybe on her next match?

And to finish this, rumors say this is what Urszula Radwanska will wear on her match tomorrow:

I see.

I’d comment on Men’s fashion but everything is dull and the only thing worth mentioning is this ridiculous Adidas t-shirt worn by Mathieu. EPIC FAIL, three stripes.

WTA eyecandy

August 12th, 2009 • caro the danish cutie, kiri is 2 hot 4 u, vika azarenka

Two pictures. One of Vika walking around in Indian Wells — proving that clothes are overrated. And the second is of, everyone’s favourite choker, Makiri, after losing 6-7 3-6 to JJ today.

And just because if there’s no Caro, then I’m not a happy girl: Danish Cutie meeting David Beckham and the other “stars” of LA Galaxy.

The WTA obviously didn’t check that she’s a Liverpool fan and would have a much more adorable reaction if she was meeting Torres instead of Becks. Also, amusing how those footballers have no idea who she is and still try to make it sound like they know something. Poor girl looks embarrassed.

Random stuff — as usual

July 24th, 2009 • 2 comments caro the danish cutie, chaky, kiri is 2 hot 4 u, maria shutupova, tennis players are fashionists too, what do you mean baby animals aren't relevant to tennis?

First, I apologize for not posting much these days (and I don’t even have a decent excuse), so, here, have some puppy with tennis ball to make it all better:

Adorable, right? Ok. Now that you’re back to liking me, I bring you THE NEWS (aka stuff that I care about):

• New pictures of Caro‘s photoshoot of the Stella McCartney line released. I want that skirt and her stomach.
• Stanford draw is out. First round matches: Domi-Stosur, Hantuchova-Wozniak, Kiri-Chaky and Sorana-Aga (“!!!!!!!!!!!!” to the last two).
• Pictures of Sharapova on the WTT from thedoublebagel. She was wearing a headband and proving my fashion predictions are obvs always right.

Yeah. I think that’s it.

HELLO THUR

July 13th, 2009 • 3 comments caro the danish cutie, kiri is 2 hot 4 u, tennis players are fashionists too

I immediately take every single thing back I said about Caro not being girly enough to pull off Stella McCartney or whatnot. LOOK AT THAT FIERCE© MOTHERFUCKER. First, I have to comment on the picture. The “sex hair” look? I’m a huge fan of it. And doesn’t Caro look a bit like Gossip Girl‘s Blake Lively there? No? Just me? Okay! Moving on.

I’m a sucker for frilly tennis skirts. Even though that skirt is a bit like much of what we’ve seen from Stella’s tennis collection so far, I like it. I like the two layers and I look forward to see how it looks and moves on court. My guess? Beautifully. I think it’s safe to say beige plus under saturated shades of pink and purple is the definition of her line this season (and a bit of white for Wimbledon — duh).

Also, is that a white polo I spy? Please let it be one, Tennis Fashion Gods. Vintage + Modern is the best mix in fashion.

And, to people worried about how Kiri will look now she was replaced by Caro — be seriously worried. From adidas, via Tennis Served Fresh:

“Maria Kirilenko continues to be an excellent tennis ambassador for the adidas brand and remains part of the adidas tennis family. From the U.S Open onwards Maria will move out of the range and start wearing the adidas Competition tennis products.”

The Competition tennis products? This means they won’t even let her use the Adilibria collection? Gee, if Kiri was a man, I’d say she was just kicked in the balls.

"Gay as a tennis player" is a recurring joke, I'm telling ya

July 9th, 2009 • 1 comment caro the danish cutie, gael monfils, gillou, gise dulko, kiri is 2 hot 4 u, sorana banana

I swear to goodness, tennis must be the only thing on earth that makes me run out on jokes. I seriously can not come up with anything wittier than “OH LOL YOU HOMOS” after looking at those pictures. I’ll leave the funny to movies then, eh? And isn’t tennis + fashion + pop culture a cool mix? I BELIEVE SO, yes.

Ok, this has absolutely nothing to do with the post (unless you want to make a gay joke regarding how Caro sits and the fact she really likes ABBA) but…

This picture? That’s a freakin’ creepy smile going on there. I can almost see her going in her head “MWAHAHAHA *evil laugh*”. Geez. I bet she’s coming up with an evil plan how she’s going to moonball Kiri to death tomorrow. Also, glittery purple nail polish? What is she? A Scandinavian drag queen? For fuck’s sake, Caro. You’re lucky I love you sometimes. Or not — depends how you look at it, actually.

Look u guise!!11one

July 8th, 2009 • 2 comments kiri is 2 hot 4 u, off-topic

My (non-existent) ~*~photography skills~*~ are now internationally famuz — or so says Kiri’s blog. Just to keep in mind, I’m considering job offers.

Poor Man's Stella

July 8th, 2009 • 2 comments kiri is 2 hot 4 u, sorana banana, tennis players are fashionists too

What a weird feeling of familiarity. Is this like a déjà vu? Why am I going through this?
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Oh yeaaaaaaahhhhhhh. Adidas by Stella McCartney, Australian hardcourt season 2006. Good times.

Now, see, if they weren’t BOTH by Adidas, I’d say that was a blatant rip-off. It’s a bit like in real fashion. They have some kind of purse at Chanel, and a few seasons later, GAP is manufacturing a cheap, less awesome version. Sorana‘s dress has gorgeous colours and I like the way the top fits. But Kiri‘s? It’s so pretty I wouldn’t even want to wear to play tennis in it, I’d go clubbing with it or something.

But something Banana keeps on rocking:

Matching her nail polish colour to tiny details. It’s lovely.

Aahhhhh, to sleep.

July 6th, 2009 • bondarenkos, caro the danish cutie, domi cibulkova, kiri is 2 hot 4 u

Wimbledon is over. I’m on vacations. Oh yes, bbs, free time!

So what you guys might be interested in : I’m finally going through my RG pics and uploading them. Yes, months later, I realize that. Which is actually pretty fun (driving me a bit crazy, but just a bit).

Domi: Zomg Alona!!!! That was so much fun!!!!!!
Alona: Fuck off, would you?

Unf. Arms.

Sure she lost in the first round, but isn’t she gorgeous?

The rest of the pics are here and it’s probably going to take me some time to put all — so, sit back and relax. The previous uploaded pics from the EPIC doubles are still here.

If you’re going to repost the pics somewhere, it’s np, you can even hotlink them. Just be sure you credit this blog, Fierce Tennis. Thank you. :)

Wimbledon says “Go Make Me a Sandwich, Bitch!”*

June 29th, 2009 • 7 comments baby mario, bb safina, bepa z., caro the danish cutie, demented, kiri is 2 hot 4 u, kuzzy, radek sexynek, sorana banana, vika azarenka, virginie razzano, williamses

*This was written by a good friend of mine, Ivy. I told her if she wrote an article blasting the sexism regarding Wimbledon organizers (admitted by them), I’d gladly post it here. So there you go, enjoy the read.

Hey, remember in 2005, when there was all that controversy about Wimbledon refusing to pay equal prize money to men and women? And then we all LOL’ed when the women’s final was longer than the men’s final?

Yes, quite a few of the arguments were legit. Women DON’T play 5-sets and MAY not have the depth of the men’s draw (But seriously? Andy Roddick made slam finals. UR POINT IS MOOT. LOL). But that’s not the point. Equal prize money is a principle, validating men and women as equals. Because here’s the truth: women work just as hard as men to compete at a professional level, incur the same costs as men on the tour, and bring in just as much tournament revenue through star power as the men. So why not equal prize money?

Then Wimbledon finally acquiesced in 2007 and we all said “Yay! Sexism is over! Whoo Margaret Thatcher!” (Because it’s England, bitches.)

So, imagine my surprise when I noticed that only women deemed “attractive” by the Wimbledon organizers were being put on Centre Court. At first I was like, “Woah, been watching way too many specials on The History Channel about the Kennedy assassination.” But then I realized, Wimbledon is a sexist ponce that deserves to get called out on its shit.

The two big matches that had people (i.e. me) bitching? Caroline Wozniacki [9] vs Maria Kirilenko and Victoria Azarenka [8] vs Sorana Cirstea [28]. Why the bitching?

· Compared to the men’s seeds on CC (with the single exception of Marin Cilic), these girls were seeded too low/didn’t have the accomplishments to play on CC

· On the day that Caro was playing, DEFENDING CHAMPION Venus was playing on Court 1, World No.1 Safina was playing on Court 2, and 2009 French Open Champion Kuznetsova was playing on Court 3.

· On the day that Azarenka was playing, World No.4 and 2008 Wimbledon semifinalist Elena Dementieva was on Court 1, World No.2 and the infamous Serena Williams was on Court 2. FFS, even Zvonereva [7] vs. Razzano [26] were on Court 18, when BOTH women were seeded higher than the Centre Court match.

· Some other fun facts. During the first week, Dinara Safina did not play on Centre Court. Neither did Elena Dementieva nor Svetlana Kuznetsova. Venus played on Centre Court once, and Serena twice (out of three times, which isn’t a huge injustice.)

I guess you could say I was fairly pissed off that people who actually merited CC were not getting it.

a) It’s outrageous that women are judged on their looks and NOT on their merit.

b) It’s outrageous that men are judged on merit but not women.

Seriously? If the “pretty people up front, ugly people in the back” rule applied to the men’s side, Radek Stepanek would be bloody playing underground in the Subway!

I did a little investigative digging (basically, looking at the schedule of play on wimbledon.org) and noticed that on Centre Court and Court 1, the WTA matches: ATP matches ratio was 6:13 and 11:12 respectively. Not only are women getting on the big stage less, but the ones who DO are the ones who look the best, NOT the ones who have earned it.

The icing on top of the cake was when a Wimbledon representative actually CAME OUT and said that looks do matter in determining who gets Centre Court. Thanks, you asshat. My suspicions were confirmed that Wimbledon is not only sexist, but damn stupid as well. Cheers xx

BÁRBARA’S NOTE: I wish this blog had a less stupid name so the article would look less out of place. Sry bb.

"Sex sells!"

June 25th, 2009 • 7 comments bondarenkos, caro the danish cutie, chaky, demented, domi cibulkova, kiri is 2 hot 4 u, sorana banana, vika azarenka, williamses

Ok, so the match wasn’t that all exciting. I left home when it was 6-0 2-0 for Caro — obviously proving my jinxing abilities. Kiri put up a fight in the second, broke Caro’s serve back but eventually lost 6-4. I believe that was the first time I’ve seen Caro overpower anyone. Danish Cutie looked like she was in kill mode today. I thought it was lovely. I want Kiri to pick her game up (and her Stella McCartney sponsorship) because when she’s on, she’s a pleasure to watch. Moves well, nice groundstrokes and volleys. Let’s just be glad they played on Centre Court and that means a big number of pics of these two.

Now, tomorrow’s OOP. I can’t help but LOL at the fact Lena is at Court 1 and Serena, two times champion, is at Court 2, a smaller court. And Lena is playing Kulikova, a player outside the top 100, while Serena plays Vinci. No, seriously, EHL-O-fucking-EHL. I give up on trying to understand how the organizers decide the OOP. I’m starting to believe it is to please me, so I’ll most likely not complain. Hellz yeah, moar Russians and pretty Spaniards at showcourts pls.

Tomorrow, to also make me happyyyyy, we get Vika-Sorana Banana () on CC.

Vika, please, PLEASE, be nicer to Sori than Caro was to Kiri? (That’s a weird sentence with lots of ridiculous sounding nicknames.)

Still on Vika, here you can see the videos from the French FHM photoshoot with her, Domi, Alona and Chaky. These screencaps of Vika and Chaky had me laughing for all eternity. I’m pretty sure Chaky “being hot” is one of the most awkward things on Earth. She’s a lovely good-looking girl but my mind just goes “Chaky, bb, please put your clothes on, you’re not old enough for that!”. Ignore the fact Vika is three years younger than her, Chaky is forever 12 for me. I love how Lena makes a “special appareance” on the video and that me and Domi have the same sweater. I even wore it today. Zomg, ~*~fate~*~.