{"id":18857,"date":"2024-07-13T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=18857"},"modified":"2024-07-13T19:54:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T17:54:17","slug":"just-a-first-glimpse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"beautyoftennis.com\/?p=18857","title":{"rendered":"just a first glimpse&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-18857\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-18857-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-18857-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-18857-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Seone Mendez is one of the four players I had a chance to portrait for the first time today in Aachen. Too tired now to bring more. In this photo one can feel the cozy and dense vibe of these small but vivacious tennis events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-18857-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image\" data-index=\"1\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Seone Mendez<\/h3><figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/one_mendez_aachen_IMG_0274_00a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image \" src=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/one_mendez_aachen_IMG_0274_00a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aachen, 07\/13\/24<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div id=\"panel-18857-0-0-2\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><center>\n<div style=\"border-top: 1px dotted grey; padding-top: 4px; font-size: 70%\">\n\tRight click on the header, then 'open in new tab' in order to watch the image in original size (1920x1080). <br\/>\u00a9 Christian Brockmeier | all rights reserved\n<\/div>\n<\/center>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-18857-0-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-post-carousel panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-post-carousel so-widget-sow-post-carousel-base-e88b4f5afb40-18857\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"sow-post-carousel-wrapper sow-post-carousel-theme-base\"\n\t\tstyle=\"overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; min-height: 182px\"\n\t>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-title\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"sow-carousel-container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-wrapper\"\n\t\tdata-dir=\"ltr\"\n\t\tstyle=\"opacity: 0;\"\n\t\tdata-widget=\"post\" data-fetching=\"false\" data-page=\"1\" data-ajax-url=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?_widgets_nonce=38e2aad221\" data-item_count=\"79\" data-carousel_settings=\"{&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;Ease&quot;,&quot;animation_speed&quot;:800,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;continuous&quot;,&quot;pauseOnHover&quot;:false,&quot;autoplaySpeed&quot;:4000,&quot;item_overflow&quot;:true,&quot;autoplay_continuous_scroll&quot;:true}\" data-responsive=\"{&quot;desktop_slides_to_scroll&quot;:1,&quot;tablet_landscape_breakpoint&quot;:1366,&quot;tablet_landscape_slides_to_scroll&quot;:2,&quot;tablet_portrait_breakpoint&quot;:1025,&quot;tablet_portrait_slides_to_scroll&quot;:2,&quot;mobile_breakpoint&quot;:480,&quot;mobile_slides_to_scroll&quot;:1}\" data-variable_width=\"true\" \t>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-carousel-items\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26613\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/header_troisdorf_IMG_8748_bw-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-26613\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26613\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-26613\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\tIn Praise Of Shadows\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26468\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jodar-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-26468\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26468\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-26468\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\td:isgusting\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26489\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one_bredeney_IMG_1289a-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-26489\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26489\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-26489\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\tc:ozy\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=19762\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/one_salden_bredeney_IMG_7527_02a-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-19762\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=19762\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-19762\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\to:ld &gt; n:ew pic #0697\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=18926\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one_blinkova_luxembourg_IMG_9018_02b-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-18926\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=18926\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-18926\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\to:ld &gt; n:ew pic #0674\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26231\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bigpost_linz_ball_in_net_16101009858_IMG_5686-1083x542a-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-26231\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26231\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-26231\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\tt:og&#8217;s f:ault\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=19167\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/one_pribylova_hechingen_IMG_1951_02a-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-19167\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=19167\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-19167\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\to:ld &gt; n:ew pic #0618\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=20977\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/one_goerges_luxembourg_IMG_5945_02b-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-20977\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=20977\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-20977\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\to:ld &gt; n:ew pic #0463\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=17457\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/one_paolini_badsaulgau_IMG_7863c-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-17457\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=17457\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-17457\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\to:ld &gt; n:ew pic #0370\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=20429\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/one_arcidiacono_leverkusen_IMG_1495b-1-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-20429\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=20429\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-20429\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\to:ld &gt; n:ew pic #0226\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"instance_hash\" value=\"c5623130\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seone Mendez is one of the four players I had a chance to portrait for the first time today in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=18857\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">just a first glimpse&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17,431,27],"tags":[758,68,12,759,24],"class_list":["post-18857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comments","category-images","category-players-2","category-togs-talk","tag-aachen","tag-bundesliga","tag-images","tag-mendez","tag-players"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18857"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18861,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18857\/revisions\/18861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}