Australian Open 2021: Adidas slammed for Stefanos Tsitsipas’ embarrassing wardrobe malfunction

Adidas has the long run pin-up boy of tennis on its books in Stefanos Tsitsipas but it surely has some work to do in making certain his play does the speaking.

It was unimaginable to disregard the Greek star’s shorts throughout his 6-4 6-2 7-5 defeat towards Daniil Medvedev on Friday night time that despatched the red-hot Russian right into a ultimate towards Novak Djokovic.

The whole lot was in place as Tsitsipas entered Rod Laver Area. His magnificent mane was secured by a trendy headband, his socks have been pulled excessive and his tennis ball colored shirt match the event.

However it was a muggy 30C in Melbourne and with an at time impassable backline presence in Medvedev throughout the web, it shortly turned sweaty work for the 22-year-old.

That is to be anticipated at this, or any stage, {of professional} sport. However apparently Adidas’ attire builders hadn’t accounted for it.

The olive inexperienced colouring of Tsitsipas’ shorts are an absolute no-go for anybody who perspires simply. Any sweat will instantly create an unmissable darkish patch and that is precisely what occurred to Tsitsipas in all of the mistaken areas not lengthy into the primary set.

Viewers could not look away because the match and his dignity slipped from Tsitspas’ grasp.

“Thousands and thousands of {dollars} of fabric know-how analysis and so they do not do the ‘does it appear to be he sh*t himself when he sweats’ check? Astounding,” a tennis fan wrote on Twitter.

“These shorts are very problematic. Adidas has loads to reply for,” added Roni Shewan.

“Stefanos Tsitsipas appears to be like fairly flat on the market, and his butt appears to be like extremely moist,” tweeted tennis journo Ben Rothenberg. “Each regarding in their very own methods.”

“For me, the strangest storyline of this match thus far: Tsitsipas left the courtroom for a break between the second and third units. Why DIDN’T he change his sweaty, sweaty shorts?” added the Twitter account for The Tennis Podcast.

What’s weirder is it wasn’t the primary time the world quantity six had worn the shorts this match – or had points with them exhibiting his sweat.

Ultimately Tsitsipas was spared a prolonged embarrassment as Medvedev wrapped up the match in two hours to spark hope he has a real probability of turning into the primary participant to beat Djokovic in an Australian Open ultimate.

Medvedev, now into his second grand slam decider on the again of a 20-match profitable streak, stated the world primary has “extra issues to lose” on Sunday.

Djokovic, with 17 main titles, has gained all eight of his Australian Open finals and is trying to shut the hole on the report of 20 Slam trophies held by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.