{"id":36017,"date":"2018-07-03T12:55:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T12:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=36017"},"modified":"2018-07-03T12:55:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T12:55:04","slug":"roger-federer-hopes-for-nike-cooperation-in-obtaining-rights-to-rf-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/roger-federer-hopes-for-nike-cooperation-in-obtaining-rights-to-rf-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Federer hopes for Nike cooperation in obtaining rights to \u2018RF\u2019 brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Roger Federer hopes to be reunited with his iconic \u2018RF\u2019 logo as soon as possible after switching kit manufacturer from Nike to Uniqlo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nike still hold the rights to the \u2018RF\u2019 brand, which appeared on Federer\u2019s clothing during his time with the American supplier.<\/p>\n<p>After opening his Wimbledon defence with a straight-sets win against Dusan Lajovic without his beloved logo, Federer expressed optimism that the rights would soon be returned to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018RF\u2019 logo is with Nike at the moment, but it will come to me at some point,\u201d he told a news conference. \u201cI hope sooner rather than later, that Nike can be nice and helpful in the process to bring it over to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also something that was very important for me, for the fans really.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the process. But the good news is that it will come with me at one point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are my initials. They are mine. The good thing is it\u2019s not theirs forever. In a short period of time, it will come to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Uniqlo deal will reportedly last 10 years, taking Federer up to the age of 46 and surely long after he has retired from the sport.<\/p>\n<p>But the eight-time Wimbledon champion is still on the lookout for a shoe supplier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have a shoe deal. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing what shoes I will be wearing in the near future,\u201d he added. \u201cFor now, I will be wearing Nike. They have shown interest to have a shoe deal with me, as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTies are not broken there. I have deep roots with Nike. I\u2019ve had a great relationship over the last 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut everything is open. Yeah, it\u2019s very exciting also again to see what\u2019s out there, who wants to do something with me.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roger Federer hopes to be reunited with his iconic \u2018RF\u2019 logo as soon as possible after switching kit manufacturer from Nike to Uniqlo. Nike still hold the rights to the \u2018RF\u2019 brand, which appeared on Federer\u2019s clothing during his time with the American supplier. After opening his Wimbledon defence with a straight-sets win against Dusan [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36019,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36017\/revisions\/36019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}