‘The Curse of the Gillette Three’: Tiger Woods, Thierry Henry & Roger Federer Stumble

(Source: The Independent)

First, the world denounces Henry as a cheat. Then, police consider charges against Woods after a mysterious car smash. And, last night, Federer finally lost a tennis match! Susie Mesure asks the question: Gillette, the best a man can get?

This weekend it notched up more victims. Yes, one by one, the quartet of global sports stars who have eschewed facial hair to vaunt the merits of a close shave have, pardon the pun, been cut down by … the curse of Gillette.

First Thierry Henry, one of Gillette’s current trio of top-notch ambassadors (along with Tiger Woods and Roger Federer), goes and does that handball.

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Then Woods, the golden boy of golf and all-round sporting god, makes headline news after crashing his car following an argument with his wife. Not only that, but Woods’s crash was quickly followed by a shock defeat for Federer, the world’s best tennis player, who was knocked out of the ATP World Tour semi-final by sixth-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko. On the scale of sporting defeats, it’s hardly Armageddon, but any Federer defeat is noteworthy.

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3 Comments

  1. Hope Lacz says:

    Always remember there is always a chance to get your wife back, and Tigers situation is no exception. Tiger has a lot of work to do get his wife back. Especially when there are kids in the mix, there is always a a time of learning to get back a wife.

  2. Tiger has a lot of work to do get his wife back. Especially when there are kids in the mix, there is always a a time of learning to get back a wife…..

  3. Kim says:

    Leider kann ich Dir nicht Recht geben zu dem was du schreibst. Ich habe zu diesen Bereich andere Erfahrungen als Du. Wie kommst Du zu Deinen Hindergrundinformationen, die Dich dazu veranlassen Deine Kommentare so zu gestalten? Willst Du mir Infos schreiben, wo Du deine Recherchen betreibst? Hierueber waere ich erfreut.

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