After the remarkable good looks of Rafael Nadal’s current footwear, the Air Max Courtballistec 2.3, his next shoe will have a lot to live up to. Well, Nike is giving it the old college try with the upcoming (Spring 2011) Nike Air Max Courtballistec 3.3, again featuring Max Air in the heel, Lunarlon foam in [...]

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As you probably noticed when Rafa won the French Open and regained the world’s number one ranking, he’s lately been wearing some of the nicest looking Nike Tennis shoes we’ve seen in a while, the Nike Air Max Courtballistec 2.3. And the latest pair is even more eye-catching than the first several: meet the Nike [...]

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So all the individual player packs Nike has created for Roland Garros 2010 have been shared now (Maria, Rafa, Serena, Roger and Li Na), but as a lot of readers probably only care about the shoes here they all are in one place. Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal’s Nike Air Max Courtballistec 2.3—featuring Lunarlite through [...]

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And finally, Nike certainly wasn’t going to make footwear and apparel collections for five tennis players and not include Serena Williams. Serena will get the A+ shoe treatment that Nadal gets, as she’ll sport the Nike Courtballistec 2.3 in a white/marina blue-electric green colorway. Just like Nadal’s pair, the Courtballistec 2.3 features Lunarlite in the [...]

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In addition to the figures who have dominated tennis for the last decade or so, Nike is always signing on with the next big thing, like Li Na, for example, who this year became the first Chinese player to crack the top 10. Li Na will wear the Nike Love Game Top and Love Game [...]

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And of course Nike wasn’t about to make Roger Federer his own French Open 2010 line without giving one to his clay nemesis, Rafael Nadael, as well. As far as the apparel goes I guess it’s kind of a push, as Nadal gets the Nike Rush and Crush Clay Crew and Rush and Crush Shorts, [...]

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As Maria Sharapova is as much a style icon as an athlete, it makes sense that Nike made her the most elaborate apparel, and as usual Maria had a great deal of input on the Dri-FIT Nike Clay Court Dress. The colors, deep burgundy and soft grey, were used to compliment the red clay at [...]

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