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adidas Originals Edberg '86 "Strawberries & Cream"
Last month, adidas Originals announced that they would be reissuing Stefan Edberg's tennis sneaker
Footpatrol has partnered with adidas Originals to pay tribute to two-time Wimbledon champion Stefan Edberg.
Using the Stefan Edberg tennis shoe, first released in 1986, the "Strawberries and Cream" is a nod to the traditional Wimbledon desert.
The Edberg features a strawberry red suede upper, tonal Three Stripes branding, and a cream midsole with a matching terry cloth lining. There's also Footpatrol branding on the tongue tab, heel, and inserts.
The Edberg '86 "Strawberries & Cream" will launch this Saturday at Footpatrol, both in-store and online.
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Filed under Fashion, Gear, Slider, Wimbledon · Tagged with 1986, 2014, adidas, adidas Originals, Footpatrol, footwear, shoes, sneakers, Stefan Edberg, wb2014
adidas Originals Teases the Return of the Edberg
#Wimbledon's under way and we're relaunching a tennis classic: the #adidasOriginals Edberg 86 is served up soon. pic.twitter.com/97igYtWDSZ
— adidas Originals (@adidasoriginals) June 24, 2014
This signature model made for 2-time Wimbledon champion Stefan Edberg was first released in 1986. An extensive range of Edberg clothing and footwear was produced over the years.
The Edberg tennis shoe was made in France and had some great details like the signature Edberg logo on the perforated tongue, the green/yellow colorway and the green eyelets.
Below, a picture of the original adidas Edberg tennis shoes worn by the Swede when he won the 1988 Singles Championship (I took this picture at the Wimbledon museum where plenty of players memorabilia is exposed, read more here):
Can you spot the difference between the orginal and the reissue? The signature Edberg logo!
Stay tuned for more details soon.
Filed under Fashion, Gear · Tagged with 1986, 2014, adidas, adidas Originals, footwear, shoes, sneakers, Stefan Edberg
Wimbledon 2014 coverage
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Wimbledon guided tour – part 1
Wimbledon Centre Court roof
Court 3 : a new Show Court at Wimbledon
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The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum: Player Memorabilia
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Nike Air Tech Challenge II Wimbledon 2014
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Robinsons Tennis-y Tips with Judy Murray
Stella Artois ad featuring Rufus the Hawk
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A trip down memory lane:
Wimbledon Trivia
Wimbledon past champions: stats and records
Wimbledon 's biggest upsets
Wimbledon memories: Mrs Blanche Bingley Hillyard
Wimbledon memories: Charlotte Cooper Sterry
Wimbledon memories: Dora Boothby
Portrait of Wimbledon champion Ann Jones
Wimbledon 1969: Laver's getting beat by an Indian
Rod Laver – John Newcombe Wimbledon 1969
Bjorn Borg – Ilie Nastase Wimbledon 1976
Portrait of 5-time Wimbledon champion Bjorn Borg
Wimbledon 1976: Chris Evert defeats Evonne Goolagong
Portrait of Virginia Wade, winner in 1977
1981: First Wimbledon title for McEnroe
1982: Jimmy Connors defeats John McEnroe
1984: John McEnroe defeats Jimmy Connors
1985: Boris Becker, the man on the moon
Portrait of 3-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker
Wimbledon 1988: An era ends as Graf beats Navratilova
Wimbledon 1988: Edberg a deserving new champion
Portrait of 2-time Wimbledon champion Stefan Edberg
Wimbledon 1991: the first Middle Sunday
1992: first Grand Slam for Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi: thanks to Wimbledon I realized my dreams
1993: Pete Sampras defeats Jim Courier
1994: Pete Sampras defeats Goran Ivanisevic
1996: Richard Krajicek upsets Pete Sampras
1997: Pete Sampras defeats Cédric Pioline
2000 Wimbledon SF: Pat Rafter defeats Andre Agassi
2000 Wimbledon Final: Pete Sampras defeats Pat Rafter
2001 Wimbledon 4th round: Federer defeats Sampras
Wimbledon 2010: Rafael Nadal defeats Tomas Berdych
The Spirit of Wimbledon: a 4-part documentary by Rolex retracing Wimbledon history
Recaps:
Wimbledon 2014 day 2: Dimitrov defeats Saville
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Wimbledon 2014 day 2: Lisicki, Nadal and Serena
Wimbledon 2014 day 3: Li Na, Ferrer and Djokovic
Wimbledon 2014 day 4: Roger Federer defeats Gilles Muller
Around the grounds at Wimbledon: Nadal, Hewitt, Lisicki and more
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Around the grounds at Wimbledon - day 4
Wimbledon 2014 day 5: Halep, Hewitt and Janowicz
Wimbledon 2014 day 5: Caroline Wozniacki defeats Ana Konjuh
Wimbledon 2014 day 5: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeats Jimmy Wang
Wimbledon 2014: Lisicki, Nadal, Federer at practice
Wimbledon 2014 day 7: Feliciano Lopez defeats John Isner
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Wimbledon 2014 day 7 - Djokovic defeats Tsonga
Wimbledon 2014 day 7: Andy Murray defeats Kevin Anderson
Wimbledon 2014 day 7: Eugenie Bouchard defeats Alize Cornet
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Wimbledon 2014: Petra Kvitova defeats Eugenie Bouchard
Wimbledon 2014: Errani and Vinci win women's doubles title
Wimbledon 2014: Pospisil and Sock win men's doubles title
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Will Andy Murray retain his Wimbledon title?
No (80%, 45 Votes)
Yes (20%, 11 Votes)
Who will win Wimbledon 2014?
Roger Federer (31%, 14 Votes)
Rafael Nadal (24%, 11 Votes)
Novak Djokovic (24%, 11 Votes)
Andy Murray (13%, 6 Votes)
Milos Raonic (4%, 2 Votes)
Stan Wawrinka (2%, 1 Votes)
Tomas Berdych (0%, 0 Votes)
David Ferrer (0%, 0 Votes)
Ernests Gulbis (0%, 0 Votes)
Richard Gasquet (0%, 0 Votes)
Other (0%, 0 Votes)
Maria Sharapova (41%, 12 Votes)
Serena Williams (21%, 6 Votes)
Other (14%, 4 Votes)
Li Na (10%, 3 Votes)
Simona Halep (7%, 2 Votes)
Petra Kvitova (3%, 1 Votes)
Victoria Azarenka (3%, 1 Votes)
Agniezska Radwanska (0%, 0 Votes)
Jelena Jankovic (0%, 0 Votes)
Angelique Kerber (0%, 0 Votes)
Dominika Cibulkova (0%, 0 Votes)
Filed under Fashion, Gear, I was there, Slider, Wimbledon · Tagged with 2014, Alize Cornet, Ana Ivanovic, Ana Konjuh, Andre Agassi, Andrea Petkovic, Andy Murray, Ann Jones, Bjorn Borg, Blanche Bingley Hillyard, Boris Becker, Caroline Wozniacki, Cedric Pioline, Charlotte Cooper Sterry, Chris Evert, Dominika Cibulkova, Dora Boothby, Eugenie Bouchard, Evonne Goolagong, Feliciano Lopez, Gilles Muller, Goran Ivanisevic, Grigor Dimitrov, Ilie Nastase, Jack Sock, Jim Courier, Jimmy Connors, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, John Isner, John McEnroe, John Newcombe, Judy Murray, Kevin Anderson, Lleyton Hewitt, Luke Saville, Maria Sharapova, Martina Navratilova, Novak Djokovic, Pat Rafter, Pete Sampras, Petra Kvitova, Premjit Lall, Rafael Nadal, Richard Krajicek, Roberta Vinci, Robinsons, Rod Laver, Roger Federer, Rolex, Sabine Lisicki, Sara Errani, Serena Williams, Simona Halep, Stefan Edberg, Steffi Graf, Stella Artois, Tim Henman, Vasek Pospisil, Victoria Azarenka, Virginia Wade, wb2014, Wimbledon Museum
Wimbledon 1996: Richard Krajicek upsets Pete Sampras
Excerpt of Pete Sampras autobiography A champion's mind:
"When Paul (Annacone) and I arrived in England a few days after losing in the French, I appreciated the cool climate and those beautiful grass courts. It was like deleting every recent file on my mental hard drive and starting over. I really needed to regroup after the shocking collapse in Paris. The year was halfway over and, like most years, I would just a success or failure depending on whether or not I won a major.
I skipped all the warm-up tournaments for Wimbledon in 1996, hoping to regain my stores of stamina and energy. Things started to click for me when the tournament began, and although I lost a set to my Davis Cup buddy Richey Reneberg in the first round, pretty soon I was firing on all cylinders. I hammered Mark Philippoussis in straight sets in the round of 16. I rolled through Cédric Pioline, losing just ten games.
In the quarterfinals, I would be playing Richard Krajicek, the rangy, tall, hard-serving Dutchman who was always a threat on fast surfaces. He could pop up at any time and win a tournament, looking like the second coming of Pancho Gonzalez. At other times, he was just another big guy with a good serve who didn't seem to have the confidence or drive to win, week in, week out.
I felt that Richard was a little nervous as we warmed up under leaden skies. But he held his own through the first seven or eight games, each of us taking care of his serve. Everything was fine, in my book. I was making him work on his service games, and I was getting pretty good looks at his second serves. I had break points here and there, which was encouraging even when I didn't convert them. I had played many matches like this before on grass. The trick was to stay alert, focused, and confident, because my chance would come. I was getting to him, I felt pretty sure about that? It was just a matter of time.
But before we could finish the set, the rains came. We had a break of a few hours, and that gave both of us a little time to think and regroup. When we returned to the court, he was a different player. He was suddenly going for his shots, especially his second serve. Whether he knew it or not, he was taking me into the territory I least liked to visit. My m.o called for me to approach even the most lethal serve-and-volleyers with the expectation that I'll get a good look at some second serves. If that happened, I could beat them. The strategy worked against Goran Ivanisevic, it worked against Boris Becker, and it worked against Stefan Edberg. But when it became harder for me to get a sniff at a second serve, it created a chain reaction. If I couldn't get to his serve, that put more pressure on mine. I think Richard sensed that, and his own excellent serving freed up the rest of his game, especially his return game. And that's how it almost always works.
Krajicek won the first set 7-5, breaking me once. It emboldened him, and suddenly he was getting hold of my serves with his backhand return? Plus, his passing shots were impeccable. I lost the second set 6-4, and was relieved when it started to sprinkle again, because the light was fading. I knew we would never finish the match that day, and I really needed to regroup.
Yet instead of thinking, Tomorrow's a new day, I'll get back on track – no way he can stay hot like that… I had a strange sense of foreboding. I didn't feel good about the way the match was going, and knew I was in a big, big hole. Paul worked double time that night to get me back up, to restore my confidence, but he couldn't pull me out of it. Although I was still in the match I was feeling negative.
When we returned to play the next day, we just continued where we left off. Richard came out bombing away, and I immediately got discouraged, thinking, Hey this is what I do to people on grass. Long story short, he closed me out. All the credit to Richard for getting the job done. He played a great match, technically and mentally. And it was some balm for me to see him go on to win the tournament – if you'e going to lose, you may as well lose to the guy who's going to run the table. I've never watched that match on tape, but I'd be curious – just to see if Richard's game really did change as much as I believe it did after the rain delay.
Filed under Books, Wimbledon · Tagged with 1996, A champion's mind, Boris Becker, Cedric Pioline, Goran Ivanisevic, Mark Philippoussis, Pete Sampras, Richard Krajicek, Richey Reneberg, Stefan Edberg, wb1996
By Rex Bellamy, London Times, Tuesday July 5 1988
Edberg, aged 22, became Wimbledon champion last evening by beating Boris Becker 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-2 in a final that began on Sunday, was played in three phases, and lasted for a total of two hours and 50 minutes. This was the first Wimbledon singles final to begin one day and end the next.
Edberg is the first Swedish winner since Bjorn Borg in 1980. The title has passed from Pat Cash, an Australian with an apartment in Fulham, to a Swede with an apartment in Kensington. In January of last year Edberg beat Cash in the final of the last Australian championship played on grass.
Five years ago Edberg, having beaten Becker in the first round, won the Wimbledon boys' title. Becker was favoured to win their long-deferred return match on the famous old lawns but, ultimately, was clearly second best to a man giving a classic demonstration of the serve-and-volley game. Edberg's mixture of services teased Becker throughout the match.
Becker said later that his preceding matches with Cash and Ivan Lendl had taken a good deal out of him, physically and mentally, and that consequently he was unable to "push" himself when the quality of Edberg's tennis demanded it. Edberg led 3-2 in the first set overnight but Becker, having won five consecutive games, went to 5-3 and quickly tucked the set away. But he was soon under stress. In the second set Edberg had four break points, Becker one. In the tie-break Edberg instantly took the initiative and Becker, between points, sometimes reeled about like a boxer who was taking too many punches. Edberg was two men in one. Between rallies, he ambled about like a quietly watchful gunslinger. When the ball was in motion, he reacted like lightning, shot from the hip, and seldom missed his target. His serving, volleying, and return of service were exhilarating not least when he was volleying or driving on the backhand.
Always springy in the forecourt, Edberg usually gave a little hop of satisfaction after putting away a volley. There was many a fleeting hint of a private smile. Edberg sometimes punched the air, too.
Such indications of pleasure were never excessive and were always swiftly suppressed. Edberg is no man to make a fuss, or to be discourteous to his opponent by giving any sign of gloating. He was happy because he knew that he was playing his best tennis, whereas Becker was not. But Edberg was aware that it could all change, at any moment.
Edberg broke to 2-1 in the third set and in the next game Becker irritably threw down his racket in frustration and was given a warning. Becker changed his racket but in the next game he was briefly embarrassed when he slipped and sat down in the forecourt: and Edberg lobbed him. Again, Becker angrily swished his racket.
Edberg was remorseless. He clinched that third set with a run of four service games in which he conceded only three points. Becker, often shaking his head, was riddled with self-doubt. His usually formidable power game was spluttering the blazing services and returns too sporadic to give Edberg persistent cause for concern.
Yet the tension remained almost tangible, because we knew that although Edberg could play no better, Becker might. But in the first game of the fourth set Becker, serving, went 30-40 down: and a voice from the stands cried "Bye, bye, Boris".
Becker lost that game with a double-fault and, head bowed, went to the changeover with one strong hand hiding his face. If there was any further doubt in his mind, or Edberg's, it was dispelled when Edberg broke him again, to 4-1. In that game one of Edberg's backhands exploded down the court like a shell. Edberg's service games remained impregnable even in the last game, in which his six services were all second balls. Becker was a broken man. In the last rally he had Edberg at his mercy but dumped an easy backhand into the net. Edberg fell to his knees, hardly believing his luck.
But Edberg had made his own luck, because in the last three sets he never gave Becker the slightest cause for hope, the slightest chance to take a breather and get his act together. So this was not the all-German year. It was the year of Steffi and Stefan.
Filed under Wimbledon · Tagged with 1988, Bjorn Borg, Boris Becker, Ivan Lendl, Pat Cash, Stefan Edberg, Steffi Graf
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