I’m back from my Cincy trip, having taken loads of pictures and watched all three of Fernando’s matches (singles + doubles) It’ll take me some time to get everything uploaded and posted, but watch this space! Fernando had a rough double tiebreak loss in his first match against Mardy Fish, 6-7¹, 6-7⁴, a repeat of his loss here last year to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. He fared a bit better in doubles, he and Feliciano winning their first round match against the Brazilian duo of Marcelo Melo and Thomaz Bellucci, but falling in the super tiebreak in their second round match to the seeded team of Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach, 4-6, 7-5 [4-10]

Also, check out Fernando’s photoshoot for the September issue of GQ magazine in the US. I’ll try to pick up the magazine this weekend in case there’s an interview inside, but in the meantime, we have these great scans to enjoy! As always, click the link to get to the full gallery!

Pro-Direct Tennis has released a few higher quality images of what Fernando will be wearing during this summer’s grass season and this fall’s hard court season. Click below to view the full gallery :)

adidas has released some videos featuring the outfits the players, including Fernando, will be wearing for grass season and Wimbledon and the upcoming American hard court season & US Open. There is a general video of all the players, an interview with Fernando and a making-of Fernando’s photoshoot. Hopefully we’ll get some good pictures out soon! Enjoy!

Alan Hill from Talk Tennis at Tennis Warehouse has found the pictures of Fernando’s new Dunlop racquets.

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adidas has released a few better quality images of what Fernando will be wearing for next year’s spring hard court season. Click below to view the full gallery :)

They aren’t available commercially yet, but you can check out the rest of the adidas spring line here

Nando will be wearing the Men’s Edge zip front tee with clean front graphic and tonal burnout mesh along the back and underarms for ventilation, $55, He will also wear the Men’s Edge Bermuda. His footwear? The Barricade V, $120. He’ll be playing with his trusty Tecnifibre TFight 320 VO2 Max racquet, $179.

Visit Nando’s page at Tennis Warehouse for a closer look at what he’s wearing this fall and be sure to check out shop adidas for more adidas gear!
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I really liked the yellow-ish color from the promo picture, although the actual shirt looks more orange, and a bit TOO orange for my liking. Well, he looks good in almost anything, so we’ll see how it looks when he’s wearing it on the hard courts of New York :)