K-Swiss Signs Up Liudmila Samsonova and Yulia Putintseva

K-Swiss has signed up Liudmila Samsonova and Yulia Putintseva to its roster. Both players played without a clothing sponsor before signing up with K-Swiss. 

Over the last few years, K-Swiss has signed up a number of well-known tennis players such as Fabio Fognini, Venus Williams, and Cameron Norrie. 

K-Swiss is an American brand shoe and clothing brand based in California. The brand is owned by Xtep, a Chinese company based in Hong Kong.

Samsonova currently represents Russia but she represented Italy between 2014 and 2018. She reached her peak singles ranking of world number 40 in 2021.

Yulia Putintseva currently represents Kazakhstan but represented Russia between 2009 and 2012. She has reached the quarterfinals at the French Open and the US Open.

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Anti-Vaxxer Tennys Sandgren Gets Love From Serb Tennis Fans After Novak Djokovic’s Visa Dust-up

Fans of anti-vaxxer Novak Djokovic have found a new friend in Tennys Sandgren, who also hold anti-vaccine views (and is probably unvaccinated).

This is not the first time Sandgren has been in the news for his controversial views. In 2018, as his tennis career was taking off, fans found alt-right  messages on his  social media account.  But he quickly deleted messages from his social media feed to avoid controversy.

Tennys Sandgren has been active on Twitter expressing his support for Djokovic.

He also got hundreds of new followers from Serbia.

John Isner is another player who has not been afraid to voice his opinion. Isner feels that Djokovic followed the rules and that his detention is a disgrace.

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