Let's Talk Fashion: What Rafa's Wearing For USO

It's the same shirt with what he's wearing for Montreal, just in different colors, but.. I love it! I'm a sucker for warm tones.

Does this look snug to you? Good one, Nike.

For the night matches:

Breathe my darlings. Breathe.

Let's Talk Fashion: What Rafa's Wearing For Montreal

Rumor is..

Rafa's wearing the Nike Men's Fall Double Bold Polo ($60) to his comeback for the season in Montreal.

And the Nike Men's Fall Woven Long Shorts ($55) to hug those bitable bubble butt.

Shoes? The Nike Air Max Breathe Cage II, $115.

I haven't found anything about the head/wristsbands, but I'd be surprised if they're not yellow or white.

The warmup gear:

Nike Men's Fall Trend Woven Warmup, $140.

What do you think? You like? Or have we seen the blue one too many times already?

WIMBLEDON: Masha Confident And Relaxed

...and I'm not only talking about her game. Maria Sharapova defeated Viktorya Kutuzova of Ukraina today 75, 64, to reach the second round of Wimbledon. More impressive, however, is the elegance she brought on court.

A turnaround from her tuxedo travesty in Wimby 2008, Masha surprised us with - I hope I'm not overusing the term here - a military style jacket that even a woman such as me  - one with more cleavage than is advisable to wear a style like that - will snatch if off the rack, no second, third or fourth thought. It inspires so much want in me.

She topped (or undered) the understated elegance of her jacket with a simple dress. If you click and enlarge the picture you can see some stitching accent on her skirt. Lovely.

From behind:

Can you tell I love the whole thing? Last year, Maria stepped on court with all the hoohaa a fashion drama can generate, and she goes out in the second round.This year she keeps it quiet with nary a whisper about what she's wearing and we get a very pleasant treat for the eyes. I'm grateful that tennis keeps itself exciting with fashion and little tidbits from the players, but sometimes I just wish it's more about what goes on on court and not what they wear or what they do off court.

Let's hope, unlike last year, her game will speak more than her outfit.

Please Nike, Let Him Wear This To RG?

How much awesomer would this shirt be rather than the black one?

*sigh*

I flove pink on hot men.

via Skyejaden's tweet

Best Nike Commercial. Like, Ever. (UPDATED)

Just watch.

There are no words.

Well, maybe three.

Nike fucking rocks.

Thanks to Stella who posted this somewhere cool!

UPDATE: The making of video.

RG: Rafa's French Open Outfit Preview

Thanks to Down The Line, we Rafanatics are blessed with the preview of Rafa's Roland Garros getup.

His Devastatingness will be wearing the following combo: Nadal French Open Men's Tennis Polo Shirt, Nike Reversible Men's Tennis Hoody, with the Bold Open Men's Tennis Shorts.

Thoughts? Like the jacket. Pants looks comfy. Not feeling the shirt.

But we have this to think about: when Rafa sweats, that white shirt is gonna be blessedly see through. Well it better be! Yup, glass half full, that's me alright.

SEO Miami: Rafa Through To Third Round, Debuts Collar (again)

Suffice to say I didn't watch the match. I mean, who the hey wakes up at 7 AM? Not me.

Rafa smoked Gabashvili's ass, 62, 62. No news there right?

But wait:

Collar alert!!

Yeah. You know what, I'm over the whole "new wardrobe" thing. He wants to wear it. He looks good. I like the colors. Did Nike mitchy-matchy the yellow to his Babolat racquet? Hee.

When I see pictures like this, I could care less what he wears. Cos that's one hell of a good looking man, people. Collar, no collar, sleeves, no sleeves. Of course, no clothes is better, but alas, Benito is standing in our way.

Up next for Rafa, Frederico Gil who beat Ivo Karlovic 64, 64.

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images

Miami: Conference Pictures, Is Rafa Getting A New Line From Nike?

Down The Line Tennis got me wondering. Rafa has been seen wearing this cap a few times. RiCh from DTL is working on a nagging suspicion if Nike is cutting El Toro a new line much like Roger's RF.

I don't know what to think about Rafa comandeering his own line, as we all know what people think of Roger and his RF.

On the other hand, his expression is always a laugh.

And just because this is my blog - The Ginge Hotness:

Okay, he looks 14. Now I feel guilty. No wait, not really.

Am I the only one who thinks he looks a little gaunt? Come to think of it, Rafa's cheekbones are quite evident. Lovers' quarrel? Aww.

And because it cracks me up (and some of you might like it):

Sydney Swans rugby team in training. (swans? seriously?)

Fantabulous!

Miami: 2009 Singles Draw

Draw here. Tournament will start Saturday March 28, 8 PM. Or should I say that's the schedule for Rafa's first match? No, same thing right?

Should I remind everyone that in the final last year Rafa lost to Kolya 46, 26? No? I just wanted to point out that this year is a different year, and if anyone's still worried, well Kolya is out with injury. So there.



Top half:

The Ginge, Dasco and Nalby and Potro is with Rafa on the top half. 

On his side of the half, Dr Ivo might give him some trouble like he did at Queen's last year (Rafa won 67, 76, 76) but then again he's not the same player he was last year. Since then he has won Wimbledon, Olympics, made the semis in USO and oh yeah, brought the AO trophy to his living room. Despite the excitement around Potro he's still just a promise of a good future player at this point. If he doesn't shuck that excessive respect he has for the top two (or three or four) he'd never go anywhere. Rafa's road to the semis is not paved with broken glasses, so to speak. 

On the other side, there's Gonzo, Querrey, Ginge, and Nalby. For Ginge or Nalby to meet Rafa in the semis they have to battle each other out first. I'm not too worried about either. The Ginge might enter this tournament with a purpose or smarting a bit from the baguette and the duck Rafa gave him yesterday, and let it affect him. As for Greasy Nalby, well, third time's the charm, curse has been broken and all that. I probably shouldn't underestimate Dasco at this point but to borrow my mom's way of phrasing things, Rafa's truly on fire. Of course it's only the beginning of the season but what a start, ladies and gentlemen, and I don't see him stopping Rafa. Xisca trumps Camilla Belle everytime. Samurai Querrey might give Rafa a bit of run if he can make it that far, but I strongly doubt it.

Predictions: Rafa blazes onto the semis to meet either Ginge or Dasco. 

Bottom Half:

It's much heavier or shall I say more balanced down here. Lots of dangerous players. Simon, Tsonga, Djoko, Rod, Curly Ernests, Monfils, and Roger with his headcase from hell.

Shouldn't count out Ljubicic who did quite well last week. The french will need to battle each other to come out even in semis. This draw could play out in so many ways so I don't think I want to set myself up for future embarassement by making predictions. All I have to say is Roger needs to do some internal spring cleaning, stat. Of course, we probably all of us want Marat to be a finalist, just because.

Exciting week to come! Now if only I can catch up on my sleep. North American tournaments are killing me. Oh! Almost forgot, request to Nike: can Rafa wear a different color shirt in this tournament? But please keep the white shorts. Kthxbai.

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