“I don’t recall her name, I know nothing about tennis. I saw a photo of her from the 20s or 30s, and I liked her silhouette, and I said ‘allez, let’s play tennis,” Jean Paul Gaultier on Susan Lenglen who happened to be his Spring 2010 inspiration for Hermes. He might be the only the man in Paris who holds the distinction of not knowing who Lenglen is. But we forgive him!

We recently looked with the work of Brooklyn based designer Hugh Hayden who seems to have special affinity for tennis balls. He makes tables, window displays, and chair out of them while we‘re busy abusing our precious balls.

Last night, Royal Box seats at the evening session were very close to the  Roger Federer’s family cheering section. Anna Wintour was there, of course, and something magical has happened. The editrix took a bathroom break in the beginning of the third set for three games–and the Swiss legend inexplicably fell 0-3 behind to his German opponent. As soon as Wintour returned to her perch (ushers still checked her tickets), the world’s number 1 eaily rolled on and won four out of five next games, and the match in straight sets. You be the judge…

It’s not every day that 90% of sports writers mention an athlete’s inspiring dress in their hard news stories. But insiders were enthralled and inspired by Maria’s Nike silver and black sleek, sartorially beautiful number. She played that girl from Bulgaria for nine games and gave the photographers just enough time to photograph her look from every angle.

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Caroline Wozniacki played in her brand new adidas by Stella McCartney gear for the first time in the Grand Slam and so far, so good. She dispatched her opponent while the photogs were focusing in on her dress.

Even with all the sponsorships, most players can’t boast tennis bags like these. LaCorte have created these stylish accessories in three different styles, all made of top grain leathers, fine canvas and crafted hardware. These beauties are a definite must.

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World’s #2 player (sorry Rafa), Andy Murray unveiled his Fred Perry look in Gotham today and…it looks almsot exactly like his Wimledon look excpet he has a sharp and tidy blue polo that will perfectly comliment the court surface to confuse his opponents.

Something was in the year this past week in Canada and Ohio. We’re talking about the whole lot of yellow. Ok, Nadal technically wore blue but his bright headband still made an impression. But all this yellow fever didn’t bring much success to anyone except Jelena Jankovic who saved a few million match points during her semifinal match en route to her deserved title. Sometime tells us we’ll be seeing this pretty dress again in the near future.

Polo Ralph Lauren  just introduced their 2009 US Open collection and they are certainly going for the Golden Era of 1930’s athletics look. The limited-edition short-sleeved ball polo is adorned with pieced chevron stripes, while the guy’s tennis polo is breathy and cleverly vintage looking. Both shirts are certainly timeless and your mixed doubles opponents will be filled with jealousy.

While tennis’ chicest player Maria Sharapova is strictly focusing on her comeback to top form these days, Venus and Serena Williams are proving that they could stay in top 5 and impress on the red carpet while being on top of their serves. The sisters have each provided us with some of our favorite off-court looks this summer and we also loved Dolce and Gabbana dress Ana Ivanovic donned pre-Wimbledon.