Four touring pros reveal the contents of their tennis bags.
JARKKO NIEMINEN
5-6 Wilson nCode Six-One racquets
Extra sets of strings
5-6 Asics shirts per match
Shorts, socks and underwear
Extra pair of shoes
Hair gel, soap, shower gel, deodorant
Braun electric razor
Nokia mobile phone and charging cable
Logo stencil for strings
Rubber bands for exercising arms and shoulders
Packet of 30 overgrips
Ipod with 2,000 songs – “I always listen to music before matches to get pumped up”
Book – at the moment, a Finnish thriller
A lot of wrist bands
Wallet
Photos of wife, Anna
Alarm to scare bears in the forest – “Hunters use it. I bought it a few years ago but have never used it.”
DOMINIK HRBATY
4-5 racquets
15-20 sets of strings
A couple of overgrips
One pair of extra shoes
Book to read while traveling
PSP
Mobile phone
Wallet
KRISTOF VLIEGEN
6 racquets at three different tensions
Extra pair of Lotto shoes
5-6 sets of strings – “I play with two different types of string.”
4 pairs of socks
2 t-shirts
Sponsor logos – “I had Corona beer last year and guys gave me some funny looks.”
Mobile phone
PSP
Ipod
Hotel keys
Wallet with money and credit cards
NICOLE VAIDISOVA
8 Yonex racquets – “4 strung at 27 kilos and then two a little higher and two a little lower.”
Strings
Extra pair of Reebok shoes
Book - right now, "Flags of our Fathers"
Ipod
Extra Grips
Wallet
Some family pictures
Digital camera
Sunscreen
A Stabucks card.
Hair ribbons