Posted on 07/18/2019 3:12:36 AM PDT by C19fan
Kate Middleton might have watched a family friend lose the Wimbledon final Sunday-Roger Federer, who lost to Novak Djokovic, attended Pippa Middleton's wedding-but at least she came away with a cute gift for her youngest son. As Metro reports, legendary tennis player Stan Smith handed a tiny sneaker (an Adidas Stan Smith, naturally), to the Duchess of Cambridge as she sat in the royal box, signed in gold ink and dedicated to Prince Louis.
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Wow. Never seen a pair before.
Just like what I used to wear growing up:
Only one sneaker? Does the little prince only have one leg?
Stan was a classy champion. Things were a little volatile, though, when he paired in doubles with Dennis Ralston..
The era of curved-wood rackets!
Viva Nastase!
Wow.
A convergence of sports and the Royal Family - two of the most meaningless things on the entire planet.
On January 28, 1986 I played a set of mixed doubles with Stan Smith at my indoor tennis club, Columbus Oh. He was just the nicest guy you could meet. We, of course won the first set (only because of him lol) and just getting ready to play the next, when it was announced that the Challenger had exploded, all left the courts to watch a small tv in the office. Won’t forget that day.
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