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Federer on tennis fashion: "As if a truck had driven over it"

Roger Federer's move from Nike to Uniqlo made waves last year. However, the deal has several advantages for the Swiss.

by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Apr 06, 2019, 03:48 pm

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About 300 million of these could be noted with envy, because the ten-year deal is expected to bring the Swiss to 300 million dollars.

Another advantage for Federer, away from the financial: He is happy to be able to go to press conferences in a leisure look from now on instead of in a tracksuit , he told wwd.com . "It's nice to finally look good," said Federer.

In general, things have been going in the wrong direction lately with regard to tennis outfits. "You want too much that it looks like a modern tennis shirt in terms of design. As if a truck had run over it." In a sport as steeped in history as tennis, tennis polo is "iconic".

Federer's goal: To play best in the most beautiful outfit

Federer said that he loves working on details. "Because how often can you reinvent a polo or tennis shirt? So sometimes you have to be very creative with the details. You can have a lot of influence here."

There is still a difficulty. Of course, the planning for the big tournaments takes place well in advance. "And what you don't want is to have the most beautiful shirt - but to play the worst." Of course you want to wear the most beautiful outfits for the moments when you think that you play best. "Because you can't deliver top performance everywhere - unfortunately."

by Florian Goosmann

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Apr 06, 2019, 05:15 pm
last edit: Apr 06, 2019, 03:48 pm