The Fila News

Fila will debut its Fall 2010 Center Court Tennis Collection which will be worn by world class tennis athletes slated to compete at this year’s US Open in New York. Marin Cilic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Dmitry Tursunov, Anna Chakvetadze, Janko Tipsarevic, Agi Szavay and reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters will don Fila’s contemporary performance collection for the duration of the Grand Slam tournament.

As an hommage to her win last year and a decidedly different look for the top 10 ranked WTA player, Clijsters will be the only Fila athlete to wear the black Center Court racerback dress. She will also wear the collection’s Turkish sea cap sleeve top and skirt combination that so strikingly showcases the season’s design theme. This season’s ocean blue colors for women make for a bold counterpoint to base colors of black, Turkish sea blue and white, while the men’s collection features white, biking red, grey dawn and black.

Adorned with the embroidered F-box patch Fila logo, the 100% polyester performa poly jersey and micropoly/rayon burnout mesh fabrics used in this season’s Center Court collection offer unsurpassed performance attributes to insure optimal comfort, flexibility, ventilation and moisture control.

Fila's Center Court Collection is available on www.fila.com and tennis specialty retailers nationwide.

Fila's Kim Clijsters saved three match points to win the Cincinnati Women's Open yesterday.

A year ago, Kim made her official return to professional tennis in Cincinnati where she advanced to the quarterfinals. This year, Kim won a nail-biter final match, after a 74 minute rain delay, Kim won 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2  against fellow former Number 1 Maria Sharapova. With this win, Kim became the first player on the WTA Tour to win three titles this year.

As reported by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, after the match Kim said:
"I was so close to losing and then this dark cloud came," said Clijsters, who finished the match off with a big running forehand down the line. "I thought I was hitting well from the baseline with her but my serve wasn't working well. During the delay I had to regroup and refocus, and when we came back to the court I played aggressively and turned it around. I'm really happy to win."

Kim will debut Fila's Center Court Collection at the 2010 US Open.

Svetlana Kuznetsova Wins 2010 Mercury Insurance Open Presented by Tri-City Medical Center

Svetlana Kuznetsova overcame a bout of mid-match nerves to eventually see off Agnieszka Radwanska in three sets and clinch the San Diego Open on Sunday.  Kuznetsova defeated Radwanska 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-3.

As reported by the San Diego Union Tribune,  Kuznetsova, despite getting to her first final this year, still sees room for improvement. “I’m playing better yes but I’m very far from the place I want to be.” When asked how she felt when she fell out of the top 20 for the first time since 2003, she talked about how she didn’t panic when others around her did. “I was like don’t worry I’m working on it. I couldn’t change it at that moment. I couldn’t rush out and play more tournaments to earn ranking points. I just want to be better and be strong. I don’t want to be number 12 or 15 that’s not my goal. I want to be higher and know I can do it.”

Congrats Sveta!

Tennis is a part of life in Atlanta and with over 80,000 recreational players in the area, it only seems fitting that this great city is a stop on the ATP World Tour schedule. This week, James Blake is in town for the Atlanta Tennis Championships and on Sunday  he spent time with tennis fans at PGA TOUR Superstore in Roswell.

Kids from the Atlanta Falcon Youth Foundation and the Georgia Tennis Foundation played USTA Quick Start Tennis with James on PGA TOUR Superstore’s in-store tennis court.

Atlanta Falcon mascot, Freddie the Falcon even tried his turn at tennis…but he is a bit better at football than tennis!

NBC’s Sports Director Sam Crenshaw showed up dressed  in Thomas Reynolds by Fila to team up with James in a game of doubles.

Fans had the chance to win Thomas Reynolds by Fila shirts and tickets to the finals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships.

PGA TOUR Superstore is also the exclusive Atlanta retailer to carry J-Block tee shirts. Be a part of the J-Block and cheer on James this week in the Atlanta Tennis Championships!  Proceeds from sales of J-Block shirts are donated to the Thomas Blake Sr. Memorial Fund at Memorial Sloan Kettering.