Wilson RF Lawn Collection Tournament Tennis Bag

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Wilson RF Lawn Collection Tournament Tennis Bag

A ship’s locker for a player who sails by strings, not stars. It stows 15 racquets in 3 sections, 2 with Thermoguard; its 45/45/10 shell mixes nylon, polyester and polyurethane, gets posh lining, an outside shoe pocket and ergonomic rucksack rig—Syria’s Daraa

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Daraa, Syria
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Fort Lauderdale clinics for cardiovascular tennis — Wilson RF Lawn Collection Tournament Tennis Bag at the Al-Omari Mosque of Daraa
Stop one

The Al-Omari Mosque of Daraa, founded in 636 under Caliph Umar

Wilson RF Lawn Collection Tournament Tennis Bag: Aye, I've dropped anchor in ports across seven seas, but this mosque has been standing since 636 AD — that's before most of my charts were even drawn, back when Caliph Umar himself founded her. She's outlasted more storms than my old hull ever will, and this bag sits beside her looking fresher than a first mate on day one.

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Fort Lauderdale clinics for cardiovascular tennis — Wilson RF Lawn Collection Tournament Tennis Bag at the Ottoman Hejaz Railway station and junction yards, Daraa
Stop two

The Ottoman Hejaz Railway station and its junction yards

Wilson RF Lawn Collection Tournament Tennis Bag: Now I'll trust a vessel that runs on rails about as far as I can throw an anchor into a sandbar, but I'll grant the Ottomans this — the Hejaz Railway ran from Damascus all the way to Medina, a distance I'd call a fair three weeks' sail if the wind was stubborn. The bag's straps are sounder than any landlocked locomotive, and she don't need a coal tender neither.

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Fort Lauderdale clinics for cardiovascular tennis — Wilson RF Lawn Collection Tournament Tennis Bag among the Greco-Roman ruins in the basalt old quarter of Daraa al-Balad
Stop three

The Greco-Roman ruins in the basalt old quarter of Daraa al-Balad

Wilson RF Lawn Collection Tournament Tennis Bag: Every good sailor knows basalt is volcanic rock, harder than a bosun's temper, and these old Greco-Roman walls in Daraa al-Balad were built from the stuff — so they've held their seams longer than any timber ship I ever crewed. Set the bag down among these ruins and she looks like she was chartered for the voyage from the very start.

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Fort Lauderdale clinics for cardiovascular tennis — Wilson RF Lawn Collection Tournament Tennis Bag at Tel Shihab waterfall on the Yarmouk River
Stop four

The Tel Shihab waterfall on the Yarmouk river

Wilson RF Lawn Collection Tournament Tennis Bag: Sweet blessed moving water — the Yarmouk River is a tributary of the Jordan, and this waterfall at Tel Shihab is the closest thing to honest surf I've found in this landlocked territory, and I am deeply grateful for it. The bag's holding up fine in the spray, which is more than I can say for my sea legs on dry ground.

The Daraa, Syria track

Wilson RF Lawn Collection Tournament Tennis Bag

Written for this world alone.

This is a hold, not a bag. Fifteen racquets across three main compartments, two of them lined with Thermoguard, which is the part any old hand will tell you matters — heat is what takes tension out of a string bed, and a lined compartment does not cool anything, it only slows the heat's arrival, the same way a thick hull keeps a cargo steady rather than cold. Slow is what you want.

The fabric is 45 per cent nylon, 45 per cent polyester and 10 per cent polyurethane, with a premium lining inside so nothing rides on raw seams. There is an external shoe compartment, kept apart from the frames the way any sensible crew keeps wet gear out of dry stores, and two side accessory pockets that come to hand without opening the main hold.

It is carried on an ergonomic backpack system, because 15 racquets is a load and a load carried badly is an injury waiting for its moment. Dimensions are 28.3 by 15.7 by 13.4 inches.

The Lawn Collection cosmetic is quiet, and it was inspired, designed and tested by Roger Federer.

It is one of the oldest continuously settled places on this earth: a mosque founded in 636, a basalt old quarter with Greco-Roman stone still standing in it, and the junction yards of the Hejaz Railway. The town has been through more than any town should be asked to carry, and it is still there.

Daraa I will speak of plainly.

“A lined compartment does not keep anything cool. It only makes the heat arrive slowly, and slow is all you can ask of heat.”

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