Tennis Trends and Updates: January 22, 2013

I didn't do a blog for the second half of last week, so I'm going to answer discussion question 17.2.

Well I should probably talk about the amazing match Djokovic and Wawrinka played. It was 5 hours of  big hitting, long rallies and defying physical limits. I think the real winner that day was tennis and the huge crowd that stayed there till 2 in the morning supporting their favorite players. It was just disappointing that the match had to end since it was one of the best matches I've ever watched (no joke).
On the women's side, Sharapova and Li Na have reached the semis. The other semi final match is still up for grabs between Serena, Kuznetsova, Azarenka and Stephens. Sloane Stephens is an up and coming American player making a huge breakthrough in this tournament, reaching her first major quarterfinals. Unfortunately she will be up against another American player, but one who is far more experienced. It is good to know American tennis has someone to step up after Serena retires. Anyway, I wanted to review Federer's outfit. It's been a buzz because (ohmygosh!) he's wearing pink.

It's not really "normal" for a guy to wear pink, especially in sports, you know? They always try to be really masculine with simple "manly" colors, but I think it's especially challenging to wear a powder pink. Usually pink is reserved for Nadal, but with him out of the tournament, Federer took the challenge and pulls it off quite well. I don't really like the weird color of his shirt though. It looks a little dirty and the color scheme is not working for me. High contrasts such as this does not work for me. His shoes look nice by themselves. I think everything but his shirt works for me. It's just such an odd color. i can't think of what they could replace it with (pink perhaps?) but just not this weird blue-gray ugly color. 7/10.