Aside from their distinction among best clay-court players of all-time, Roger Federer and Rafael have also been the most well-dressed tennis players for over a decade. In this coming clay-court season, the Swiss Maestro and the Mallorcan Bull will hit the red dirt once again with their trademark 'bandana' and colorful apparels & kicks.
On Saturday, Nike released the new set of apparels and sneakers Federer and Nadal will be using during the course of the clay-court season.
With the scorching heat of the sun expected to be a factor at this point of the season, Federer usually preferred light colors during his clay-court campaign. The Swiss decided to be in a light blue shirt and green jacket with gray shorts. His shoes will match the light blue and gray color tone of his apparels.
Meanwhile, Nadal will be wearing a white-and-orange shirt and orange jacket to pay homage to color motif of the French Open championships. The short is going to be light blue with his Nike Lunar Ballistec shoes colored in light blue and orange.
Nadal, who will be gunning for his 10th French Open title, is off to a slowest start in recent memory as he struggled to get a hold of his emotions. The previous solid rock composure that catapulted him to great victories in the past is slowly betraying, making him more vulnerable more than he has ever been in his career.
On the other hand, Federer has already bagged two titles this season (Dubai and Brisbane) and is coming off a finals appearance at Indian Wells. Fedeerer has only one French Open title, but there's no doubt that he's among the very best clay-court competitor the sport has ever seen - a reputation his Spaniard rival is very aware of.