I get a kick out of Rafael Nadal’s tennis shoes. As you can see below (click for larger version), at the 2009 French Open they bear three numbered insignias along the side, one each for his prior French Open wins.
On the back of the left shoe he has his trademark logo of a bull (see above pic) and on the back of the right ‘RAFA” is embossed on it.
In the past the shoe used to to say “VAMOS” on the left and “RAFA” on the right.
A couple years back an unseeded challenger ranked around 150 came out to meet rafa with his own ‘designer’ shoes. The cameras zoomed in on the challenger’s shoes to reveal that he had used safety pins to attach patches on the back of his sneakers with saying “Vamos” on the left and the challenger’s name on the right – written in ink!. I wish I could remember who that was. It was quite funny.
the player was novak djokovic with the own made shoes.
(at roland garros)
A couple years back an unseeded challenger ranked around 150 came out to meet rafa with his own ‘designer’ shoes. The cameras zoomed in on the challenger’s shoes to reveal that he had attached little patches on the back of his sneakers with safety pins saying “Vamos” on the left and the challenger’s name on the right – written in ink!. I wish I could remember who that was. It was quite funny.
Thanks fabio … I hope you are right! I’d love to confirm this somehow. That would be fantastic if the young whippersnapper I remember turned out to be one of the best players in the world just 2 years later! 🙂
there great and if i had them i would be a great tennis player