Under Armour
An athletic apparel company. Yet another company I pursued. I bought a few pieces of their clothing about 5 years ago and started playing in it. Loved the stuff. Again, I had my agent get in touch with the bigwigs at Under Armour about me endorsing their brand. They said "we don't do tennis". I said "you do now!!!"
The company is now a very hot commodity- flying high - and they do do tennis!”
Bosworth
The racket. This is the racket I have been using for the last three years. The man who created it, Warren Bosworth, has been stringing and customizing my rackets for over 20 years. The man knows about tennis and the equipment. He makes the racket sing-I take that back-I make the racket sing, but he makes it possible for me to make it sing. Warren developed this frame a few years ago, but he could not get an established company to produce it. But he believed in it so much, he had it made in China and now you too can play with a fabulous stick custom made according to your specifications.
SPRI Products
An exercise equipment company. This one sort of sprang out of my Shape Your Self book. As my trainer Lisa Austin and I were putting the exercise portion of the book together, we tried to figure out which pieces of equipment were essential for the workouts we needed so that people of all ages could work out at home. And we realized that SPRI had them all. That is how that got going and hopefully will be a good relationship for everyone involved.
Buy the Shape Your Self workout products at www.martina.spriproducts.com