It was the kind of bag you may spot in the overhead bin of an airplane’s first-class cabin.
Except it was being carried onto Centre Court at Wimbledon by a 6-foot-2-inch redhead.
Jannik Sinner, 21, the Italian tennis player ranked eighth in the world, broke from tradition Monday when he emerged on court with a custom-made duffel bag wrapped in Gucci’s “GG” monogram, its red and green straps slung over a shoulder.
But that kind of sartorial energy has not yet come to tennis — especially not to Wimbledon, the most traditional of the four Grand Slam tournaments, with its strict all-white uniform requirements.
(This is the first year that women playing at Wimbledon are allowed to wear nonwhite underwear, to ease anxiety around periods.)
Persons:
Jannik
Organizations:
Court, Wimbledon
Locations:
Italian