WTA: Bethanie Mattek-Sands: Shrill, eccentric – and with her own fashion collection

Serena Williams has one, Venus Williams has one – and now also Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The shrill and likeable American with a cult factor is launching her own collection under the umbrella of the US label “Lucky in Love”.

You don’t have to have psychic powers to be able to predict: The pieces designed by Mattek-Sands will be one thing above all else – SCHRILL !!!

“The clothes match my style, not only in terms of fashion, but also in terms of my lifestyle, so this collaboration feels natural. I had so much fun working with ‘Lucky in Love’ to bring our vision of brave tennis clothing to life,” said the eight-time double and mixed major winner from the USA, who had already appeared at a match with a cowboy hat.

On 1 January 2019, the first parts created by “Fashion Designer” Mattek-Sands will be launched on the market. Name of the Premiere collection: Australian Open Capsule.

“We are proud to have achieved a unique contrast to traditional tennis apparel, and we believe that Bethany’s style blends perfectly with our brand,” said Lucky in Love Managing Director and founder Brad Singer.

The 33-year-old from Arizona is regarded as the tennis player with the most unusual clothes on and off court. At a Wimbledon party “BMS” once appeared as a walking tennis ball with net applications.

Her knee socks are legendary. And the former number one of the double world rankings (currently number 66) also paints black, thick bars (“Eye Black”) under her eyes in the style of the American footballers. You don’t treat yourself to anything else.

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Mattek-Sands, Mixed Olympic Champion in Rio 2016, did not return to the Tour until spring 2018, after suffering a horror injury at a Wimbledon singles match last summer. “I’ve gone crazy. I’ve never seen such an injury before. The knee was in a bad position. You only know such a thing from movies”, said her shocked opponent Sorana Cirstea afterwards.

Mattek-Sands had contracted a rupture of the patellar tendon during the fall. Besides, the kneecap was dislocated. Twelve months later, the fun-loving American woman with the changing hair colors returned exactly to the place where the mishap had happened. Court 17 in Wimbledon, in the middle of the lawn Mecca on Church Road. She sat down on the court at the height of the T-line – and cried.

“It wasn’t an easy walk for me. But I had already played it all out in front of my inner eye during my rehab,” Mattek-Sands reported and was not ashamed of her tears: “When I got there, I was able to process it.