It has been reported that Chinese clothing company Peak has signed a five year sponsorship deal with the WTA Tour. It is noted that the company is worth $6 billion and quotes their CEO as saying they’d like to “catch and surpass” the sale numbers of Nike. It will be very interesting to see what [...]

Adidas has contacted me this morning to inform me that they have launched a new product, the Limited edition Barricade V commemorating the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup and host city Shanghai, China. As you can see from the picture they are only available in Flashy black and gold. The Chinese characters for “Shanghai” embroidered at [...]

All players should use different shoes for different surfaces. The main 2 differences are hard courts and ‘slippery’ courts. (eg clay, dirt and synthetic grass) On the weekend I watched a young player slip over on Synthetic Grass during the warm up for his match. Synthetic Grass has a layer of sand over it making [...]

Elite level players will use different shoes for different surfaces. The main 2 differences are hard courts and ‘slippery’ courts. (eg clay, dirt and synthetic grass) There are 2 main things to look for when deciding what shoes to wear when. Cushion and grip pattern. On a hard court surface the pattern does not matter [...]