Tennis Terracotta Warriors

The 2007 Tennis Master Cup event in Shanghai had a unique promotional event... The idea was to create a series of Tennis Terracotta Warriors sculptures of the then top eight ATP ranked players qualified to play the tournament.

The eight Tennis Terracotta Warriors created in 2007 were of:
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick
Nikolay Davydenko, Richard Gasquet, Fernando Gonzalez and David Ferrer

 

The final image of Tennis Terracotta Warriors released by the ATP of the 8 "best of the best" tennis players in the world

The ATP had commissioned French sculptor Laury Dizengremel to create terracotta models of eight top tennis players in the style of the ancient Chinese Terracotta Army.

 

French sculptor Laury Dizengremel working on Roger Federer's sculpture

 

Roger Federer admiring his Terracotta Warrior sculpture

 

Rafael Nadal with his Tennis Terracotta Warrior sculpture

 

 The cover of Tennis Magazine in China featured the Tennis Terracotta Warriors created for the Masters cup at Shanghai in 2007

 

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic - The top 3 Ternnis Terracotta Warrior scupltures

 

The eight Tennis Terracotta warriors at the Tank Loft Contemporary Arts Center in Chongqing 

Photo credit: David McBride

Photos credit: ATP and sculpture-design.com

All the eight terracotta warrior sculptures are currently kept in the Wimbledon museum.
It is learnt that five new terracotta warriors will soon become a permanent fixture at the Shanghai Qi Zhong Tennis Center.

Tennis stars on the ramp - ATP Fashion Show 2008

Tennis stars usually walk the ramp for many events.... Here, I bring you a set of pictures where these stars walked the ramp for the ATP Fashion show in the year 2008...

 

Novak Djokovic with a model on the ramp during ATP Fashion show 2008

 

Nenad Zimonic, the doubles tennis star with a fashion model during the fashion show

 

American tennis star James Blake walks the ramp with a model

 

Cypriot tennis sensation Marcos Bagdatis on the ramp with a model

Novak Djokovic - Australian Open 2011 Winner

Serbian World No. 3 Novak Djokovic won his second Australian Open crown defeating Scotsman Andy Murray 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 in straight sets convincingly....

In his victory speech, Djokovic paid tribute to the victims of the floods in Queensland and dedicated the victory to his homeland, Serbia. "This is for my country," Djokovic said. 

 

Australian Open 2011 Champion Novak Djokovic

 

Britan's Andy Murray congratulates Novak Djokovic on his Australian Open victory

  

2011 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic with runners up Andy Murray

Andy Murray failed to end Britain's near 75-year drought in men's singles Grand Slams. The last British man to win a Grand Slam singles title was Fred Perry at the 1936 US Open.. quite a while back.. Hope his chance comes pretty soon...

 

Serbian Novak Djokovic posing at Melbourne Cricket Ground with his Australian Open Trophy

With his second grand slam (both Australian opens), Djokovic has made his intentions clear.... it'll no more be a battle between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the slams... there is a third one in the picture now Novak Djokovic....

Pictures courtesy: Australian open site