Out! Wimbledon to Ban Tennis Teases

The Sunday Times - Britain ^ | 6/25/06 | Maurice Chittenden

[beyond the sea]

WIMBLEDON has served an early warning to the world’s tennis stars: step across the line on the tournament’s strict dress code and you will be sent packing.

For more than a century Wimbledon has fiercely guarded the genteel reputation that today sets it apart from other tournaments. Officials there want spectators to keep their eye on the ball, not on the increasingly revealing outfits that have caused controversy elsewhere.

The guide for competitors this year has been updated to warn them that they risk being defaulted — the tennis equivalent of a red card — if they break the tournament’s code of almost entirely white and most certainly decent clothing.

The pirate shorts favoured by the new pin-up Rafael Nadal, the Spanish winner of the French Open, will not raise an eyebrow provided they are white. Neither will the bare midriffs of players such as Tatiana Golovin, the Russian-born teenager based in France who has been known to take a pair of scissors to her outfits to make them even more revealing.

But the low-cut tops showing lots of cleavage, favoured by Maria Sharapova and Maria Kirilenko, are likely to be banned, as are loose- fitting outfits such as the one Sharapova wore at this year’s Australian Open which billowed up to reveal her underwear.

The 2006 Wimbledon players’ guide carries the new caution: “Any competitor who appears on court dressed in a manner which is deemed unsuitable by the committee will be liable to be defaulted.”

[raybbr]

God bless you. :-)

Thanks. I need all I can get. ;-)

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Meowarrrr......

[beyond the sea]

My, my.

:-)

Thanks.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Ummmmmmmmmm :-o

[beyond the sea]

I wouldn't doubt it. At least it will most likely be warm.

[beyond the sea]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1164827/posts

posts # 10 and 23 are nice.

[quesera]

This thread is now getting interesting. Please keep them coming, I need more pics for my research.

[beyond the sea]

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[CounterCounterCulture]

sigh... I do love women's tennis.

[beyond the sea]

http://www.mariaworld.net/hongkong057.jpg

[Jet Jaguar]

Nice! Bump!

[beyond the sea]

http://www.mariaworld.net/hongkong0517.jpg

[beyond the sea]

http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mariaphotoshoot13jr7cl.jpg

[quesera]

Bless you!

[beyond the sea]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060327/ids_photos_sp/r4035171793.jpg

[dfwgator]

Well there goes my only reason for watching Winbledon.

[beyond the sea]

http://milano.vinden.nl/2004wimb/v/Finale26.JPG

[beyond the sea]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2006_swimsuit/models/06_maria_sharapova_9.html

[Jaysun]

She's dressed like a character from "The Flintstones".

[cloud8]

I always wear whites and observe the other courtesies on the court. It's not snobbishness, it's a part of the game. The superstars push the rules to the limit, and fans seem to enjoy watching them do that. But I don't think we need to see the latest Russian starlet's ass crack. Good for Wimbledon.