Running late, again- G’Day 8- 2012 Australian Open

Totally running late to meet the boys, so this will be the shortest blog ever. It’s all about the photos and videos today.

Also, make sure you guys watch one of my personal favs battle today, Petra Kvitova. Super nice girl, excellent player and most humble champion.

Enjoy the day and I will try to write more later on.

Tracy

Some players deal with change better than others. Dmitry Tursunov is unsure about bag change! haha

Spin the Wheel of Topspin to win some cool Wilson tennis s**t. On Site at the 2012 Australian Open

Kei Nishikori visits the Wilson Tennis Players suite and catches up with Mario Vergara

Wilson Interns get into the blogging action

Hey Everyone!

 

I’m going to give you a little insight into daily life here at Wilson as one of two interns here for the summer. First a little bit of background about who I am– I am going to be a senior at Dartmouth College where I am co-captain of the Women’s Tennis Team. I grew up in the Chicago suburbs, so being able to work at Wilson and live at home is really a double treat. I was given the incredible opportunity to see a different side of the tennis industry by being named the ITA 2009 Wilson/ITA National Student-Athlete Promoter of the Year. I’ve played tennis since I was 10 years old so I have experienced the consumer side of the business, but being able to understand the immense amount of work, and huge number of people, it takes to get products out on the market has been the most eye opening part of my internship so far.

 

Personally, my activities vary drastically day to day, pretty much the only set thing is lunch at 12 o’clock! When I started I had no idea what I was going to be doing working in marketing on the racquet sports floor…and I am still definitely figuring it out. I’ve spent a lot of time entering orders for advisory staff members and steaming apparel for presentations. I’ve done player research for profiles to be sent in newsletters and updated many different databases…I am pretty sure I could use Microsoft Excel in my sleep now! Still, I have been able to sit in on some meetings to really get a feel for how an end product or promotion goes from being an idea, down through the grapevine, and finally to the consumer. Pretty cool considering I used to pick my racquets based on how I thought they looked!

 

Overall, I have really enjoyed my experience at Wilson…I get to talk about tennis all day, what could be better?!

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Jesse

 

Wilson intern Jessica Adler

Photos from the Wilson Day with Dmitry Tursunov in CA

Thank you to Dmitry and all who participated for one great day of tennis!!!

Dmitry was entertaining as always and gave us some insight to the tour, how he trains, etc.

Here are just a few highlights from the day.

– On Dinara Safina, he said she is a great player and has been holding of her favorite chocolate cupcakes.

– When asked whether or not the Russian Davis Cup team likes to go to nightclubs after matches, Dmitry said jokingly, “When we win we celebrate by drinking and going out, when we lose we go and get drunk.”

– Dmitry considers his power the best part of his game

– Considers Andy Murray a difficult opponent because of the way he is able to change the tempo of the rallies from point to point

That’s just a little taste of what we gave us, a video will posted soon.

Check out the slideshow: http://www.slide.com/r/slN7bEOi2j992qK3zBLBl6e2Tn7AZJjr 

http://www.slide.com/r/gP8QbeTYyD-OweAlqsKwq1qedLo8CLon?previous_view=lt_embedded_url 

Have a great weekend!!

Tracy

Dmitry Tursunov and winner of a new Wilson K Factor racket, Tom

Wilson Tour Update Davis Cup Recap

A recap of Davis Cup Quarterfinals action

http://www.wilson.com/dyn/racquet/09camp/daviscup/index.html

 

Philipp Kohlschreiber

Free Clinic with Wilson Player Dmitry Tursunov

Hey web world,

Well, it’s been super busy since returning from London. This is a positive since RF won the big 15 and seems like quite a few of our players have had success in the past week or so. Congrats to Roger Federer, Andy Ram, Jonathan Erlich, Flavia Pennetta, Monica Niculescu, Jordan Kerr and Agnes Szavay!!! Go Wilson Team!!! 🙂

We have had discussions about what’s up for the next few months and 2010, so hopefully it’ll psych people up to get on the courts!

So it’s been great to be at Wilson HQ for a week or so….but now it’s back on the road for me.

This weekend we have Dmitry Tursunov doing a free clinic at the Avila Bay Athletic Club and Spa in Avila Beach, CA on Friday July 17th at 5pm.

If you are in the area and want to participate, please email wilsontour@wilson.com

Dmitry is one of the most personable guys on tour, so looking forward to having him get adults and kids amped about tennis!!

Have a great day and we will be back with some photos of the event.

Until later,

Tracy

Free Clinic with Dmitry Tursunov