Serving Notice: Zizou Bergs's Case for Nerve on Court

The Belgian is making a point about men's tennis that has nothing to do with backhands. Asked about the state of style in the men's game, Zizou Bergs put the responsibility back on his fellow players: dress with more daring, he says, not less. It is not a plea for a particular look so much as an appetite for risk — the kind that separates a player dressed on purpose from one merely dressed. On a circuit not always known for taking chances off the baseline, it reads as a dare worth watching who answers.

With reporting from Town & Country.