Life & Style

Fifteen - Big Love: Play tennis day

Today, Americans celebrate the game of tennis. On 23 February 1874, the British major Walter Clopton Wingfield is said to have registered the patent for a forerunner of modern tennis. We're serving and have put together a few inspirations for the coming season.

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Marko Knab
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Lacoste Sport x Novak Djokovic Hat

You can take on Novak "Djoker" Djokovic, at least as far as the cap game is concerned. It's probably a different story on the court, as the Serbian has already spent over 400 weeks at the top of the world rankings. Incidentally, he is currently there again. Do you still say "game, set, match"? We tend to favour the term "total dominance". But it doesn't matter, because as long as we can keep up with his style of dress, it's all good.

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Cap Eden Roc

The tennis court at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes is one of the most beautiful courts in the world. And yes, you should definitely serve here at least once. Just like Roger Moore, who knew the French Riviera particularly well through his role in "The Persuaders" - and came to the Eden Roc every day to play tennis. If anyone needs to know how and where to play tennis in style, it's the man who later played a certain James Bond.

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Snoopys Coolness

The Peanuts and Snoopy have already taught us a lot about life. And the comic strips also have a lot of wisdom for tennis. The little white beagle once says: "Two good serves and a few skilful misjudgements, and it's on." That's true. Many things work better with a little more composure (and a healthy enjoyment of surprises). A tennis match, but also so much more.

WILSON x CUPRA V2 Padel Racket

Padel is not a trend, it's a boom. Wait, we're talking about tennis, aren't we? That's right. Padel is a mix of squash and tennis, particularly fast-paced, powerful and surprising on 10 x 20 metres, confined by four walls. CUPRA actively promotes the sport - which is one of the reasons why the number of courts in Germany more than doubled from 2022 to 2023. Played in over 90 countries worldwide. By an estimated 25 million people. Trend: rapidly increasing. If you buy this racket and start playing padel too - it will increase even more.

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ON THE ROGER Pro

Of course, we could have told you that nothing can go wrong with the name of these shoes on the pitch anyway. But we'd rather convince you with the hard facts: These Swiss shoes have a central carbon element that ensures maximum energy recovery, a midfoot cage for a secure hold in the shoe, a high-tech mesh for breathability and a support profile for optimum grip and glide. Incidentally, they were co-developed by Roger Federer. Which brings us back to the name. Very well, then.

→ on.com

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