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Check out who won the 'battle of the undies'

January 05, 2015 17:12 IST

Caroline Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki models her nderwear range with Danish company JBS. Photograph: JBS/Caroline Wozniacki

Former tennis World No 1 Caroline Wozniacki was dropped from an underwear deal after the male counterpart for the brand, Cristiano Ronaldo, became too successful, it has been revealed.

Wozniacki had launched her own underwear collection in partnership with Danish company in 2012, a promotion that was heralded for its tasteful yet titillating advertising campaign.

But when Real Madrid's football sensation Cristiano Ronaldo's underwear made a similar approach, it became so big that the company decided to stop working with the tennis star, Stuff.co.nz reported.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo. Photograph: Cristiano Ronaldo/Faceboook

Ronaldo launched the CR7 underwear range in 2013 in partnership with New York fashion designer Richard Chai and JBS Textile Group. The footballer had first opened a fashion boutique under the name CR7, which denotes his initials and jersey number in Madeira, in 2006. Two years later opened his second branch in Lisbon.

The impact of Ronaldo's CR7 has been far greater than they ever dream of and they thought it was best for the company to stop working with Wozniacki.

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