Comments on: Flavia Pennetta modeling Pin-Up Stars bikinis in Milan

By: Marija

Marija — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:29:13 +0000

LOL

By: Teerin

Teerin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:43:22 +0000

Caroline Wozniacki just said she'll never pose naked and leave it to Anna Kournikova while Agnieszka Radwanska said she'd love to do a naked session in the future.

By: Marija

Marija — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:18:26 +0000

Haha "I wouldn't have had the opportunity to sound off". Lucky me!

You too, Alice, have a great weekend. To tell you the truth, mine looks promising.

By: Alice

Alice — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:17:34 +0000

I know that, and if it wasn't for you making me aware of this story I wouldn't have had the opportunity to sound off lol.

It's all about opinions and I respect yours and the work you do here.

Have a good weekend. Cheers!

By: Marija

Marija — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:11:12 +0000

Thank you, Alice.

I have to admit that I'm not against players modeling, as a matter of fact, I'm featuring such photo shoots quite often on this blog. Those are some light posts, as I like to call them, and I like to make my blog a mixture of everything. However, I'm careful not to cross the line, as I have mentioned.

By: iluvlucie

iluvlucie — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:31:52 +0000

Well said, Alice…. let's start marketing and focusing on female tennis players as athletes and fierce competitors, not as bikini clad models

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:24:42 +0000

Yes Marija, because after all they have to remember that as tennis players they are role-models.. and this sends out an unhelpful message to young girls all over the world. We remember the Wimbledon centre court babes scandal during the summertime, where the AELTC and BBC admitted they put looks ahead of tennis pedigree when allocating courts. We have fought so hard for our civil rights (or at least our precedessors have on our behalf) only for the likes of the Bikini trio and Pennetta to treat it all so frivolously. Yes it's her choice, but this isn't the face of women's tennis I want to see marketed to China, India, and the emerging economies.

Keep up the good work Marija!

By: iluvlucie

iluvlucie — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:10:25 +0000

Ugh, bb….c'mon! A woman speaks out against the frequent depiction of athletes as sexualised models, and now she is 'discontent' with her figure??? Gimme a break!! Maybe she just wants female athletes to be portrayed as: strong, on the tennis court in action (rather than in a bikini with a vacant smile on their face) and not always discussing their boyfriends or personal life!!!! A woman is allowed her opinion without people commenting she is jealous or has low self esteem.

By: bb

bb — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:15:53 +0000

marion bartoli is obviously showing discontent with her self-esteem and personal figure…

she should not talk, and practice more! I would not enjoy watching her model both editorially and doing the catwalk!

By: Marija

Marija — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:35:03 +0000

Alice, I completely agree with Marion's point of view. I don't mind players modeling, especially if they themselves enjoy it, but women's tennis should be careful not to cross the line and turn tennis players into "pom-pom girls" as Marion said.