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2010 A Year of Changes

2010 A Year of Changes
New year brings new changes for tennis.
Soon it will be the year 2010 and with every new year there are new changes. Wilson, Head, etc will be coming out with their line of racquets and apparel, players will be retiring or coming out of retirement e.g. Justin Henin, while other players will be changing sponsors.

Today, I found out that Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be leaving Prince and joining the Babalot team in Janurary and the Bryan Bros are leaving Adidas and switching over to K-Swiss.

Djokovic is also leaving Adidas to join Sergio Tacchini. I wonder if all these changes will reign in an exciting new year. Even though I don't agree with some of these new changes, e.g. Djokovic what is he thinking? Why leave such a big brand like Adidas for a lesser known one?,  I belive they are necessary to keep the game alive, fresh and exciting.

Even though some of these changes are more business related, for those of us hardcore fans of tennis, it's exciting to follow these moves.

New sponorships means new apparel which can be pretty cool while new equipment means new racquets and new discussions.

I think these changes will make things fun for TennisNow and our thriving community of tennis lovers.

Do you know other changes happening in 2010? Let me know what you think the next year will bring.

 








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Posted by Robert on 12/21/2009 1:05:27 PM



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Geoff K
I say 2010 will be the year that the short shorts return to men's tennis!  Just kidding -- have been watching some classic matches from the 70s and 80s on the Tennis Channel and have been amused to see how tiny the shorts were back then. 

I don't tend to pay much attentiont to what the players are wearing as much as *who* is playing and winning.  One change I'd like to see in 2010 is tighter control by officials over the challenge system -- there's way too much inconsistency in enforcing how long players can take, monitoring whether they look up to their box for advice, etc., which is taking away from the integrity of this technological advance.  I also hope that 2010 does away with the on-court coaching in the minor tournaments -- call me old-fashioned, but I much prefer to see players think for themselves and figure out ways to reverse matches rather than relying on their coaches' feedback during a match.

Finally, it would be interesting to have a big comeback on the men's side as well.  Who do you think is due for a return to the top of the rankings?  Maybe James Blake is due for a turn-around?  Gasquet?  Sampras??  Just kidding on the last one. :)
12/21/2009 6:05:40 PM
 
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