The season for clay court tennis has arrived and the road to the French Open has begun for the world’s best players. Led by the likes of Rafa Nadal, the NikeCourt team of Nick Kyrgios and Grigor Dimitrov will join the likes of Jack Sock and Borna Coric for two months of intense action on the dirt.
Here’s what your favorite stars will wear on the red clay this Spring.
Aiming to dominate his favorite surface for another year, Nadal returns to the Tour in an updated colorway of his Summer Rafa AeroReact Top in laser orange, which will be paired with the Summer Flex Ace 7″ Short in pure platinum with black.
Nadal will also look to tear up the clay in Europe in his Air Zoom Cage 3, which will featured this time around in grey and laser orange. The Spaniard’s warm-up jacket during his four tournament swing will be the Summer Rafa Jacket in wolf grey with laser orange.
Even though he’s not playing on the clay this year, Roger Federer was slated to wear the following kit: Nike had Federer scheduled to sport the Summer RF Advantage Polo in habanero red with gym red and black, alongside the Summer Flex Ace 7″ Short in black with black. The Swiss star would’ve also looked great in the Summer RF Jacket in habanero red with dark grey heather and black, and finally the Air Zoom Vapor X in platinum and red.
Athletic Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov has always loved playing on clay and this year will be no different when he begins his campaign in Monte Carlo. Outfitted in the latest Summer Solid Adv Henley in green abyss with black, the world No. 5 will also be highlighted in the Summer Flex 9″ Short in black with white. Dimitrov will continue to wear a custom-made pair of Vapor 9’s and complete his look in Summer Off Court Jacket in deep jungle with dark grey heather and white.
Looking to put forward a string of positive results, Kyrgios’ explosive game returns to the red clay in the US and Europe. Featured in the Summer Solid Adv Henley in barely grey, the Australian will also wear the Summer Flex 9″ Short in black and white. Kyrgios’ footwear leading up to the French Open will be the Air Zoom Vapor X in cream and aqua and he will complete his look in the Summer Off Court Jacket in black with dark grey heather and white.
The rest of his NikeCourt team, which is led by top tenners Juan Martin del Potro, Jack Sock, Denis Shapovalov, Borna Coric, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe and Thanasi Kokkinakis will all be highlighted in the latest Nike Summer 2018 looks for Monte Carlo, Madrid and Roma.
For our North American readers, the following TennisWarehouse.com link will take you to the latest Summer 2018 Group from Nike. For our European readers, you can shop the same great selection through the following TennisWarehouse-Europe.com link.
Enjoy the clay this Spring in the latest from NikeCourt.
