Mattek-Sands Expected To Stand Out At Wimbledon

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 20th June 2013

French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros

Mattek-Sands Expected To Stand Out At Wimbledon

epa03726476 Bethanie Mattek-Sands of USA in action during her third round match against Paula Ormaechea of Argentina at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 01 June 2013. EPA/IAN LANGSDON |

No player probably feels more restricted than the United States’ Bethanie Mattek-Sands by the traditional ruling of the All England Club to wear predominantly white clothing.

The 28-year-old from Rochester, Minnesota, has established a reputation as the Lady Gaga of tennis. She has previously worn leopard skin outfits at the US Open and is known for knee high black socks and chandelier earrings while at the 2011 Pre-Wimbledon party in London, Mattek-Sands wore a fluorescent green dress, by designer Alex Noble, that featured tennis balls as components and a Mohican-style hat.

But as the current world no.55 warmed up for Wimbledon on the Aorangi Park practice courts her hair was dyed the All England Club colors of purple and green but even more controversially she wore the revolutionary Google Glass, which is a voice-activated device designed to be worn like a pair of spectacles.

Players wearing glasses are nothing new. Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova both won women’s titles wearing glasses as did Arthur Ashe. But should Mattek-Sands try and wear the Google Glass during her matches next week, she will incur the wrath of tournament referee Andrew Jarrett.

The glasses allow wearers to see sat-nav directions, take pictures and reply to emails – but also communicate with coaches or worse. While the WTA allows coaches to counsel their players at selected changeovers, such assistance is still banned at the four Grand Slam tournaments.

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ChuckVine says:

June 20, 2013 at 2:31 pm

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