The world's top tennis players have opted for vivid fluorescent tones to get themselves
noticed at this year's Australian Open and ditched the baby-doll nightie look that dominated in 2006.
"I'm not doing baby doll any more. Baby doll has gone out the window," said top seed Maria Sharapova, who raised eyebrows last year with her powder-blue nightie.
Instead, Sharapova played her opening match in a high-waisted lemon and white chiffon number with an orchid detail on the thigh.
But the corset-style string back on the new dress proved a squeeze in the extreme heat of Melbourne's centre court and Sharapova had to replace the sweat-soaked garment with an identical outfit at the end of the first set.
The Russian 19-year-old's white frilly-necked warm-up jacket also proved unflattering when a red-faced and flustered Sharapova donned it after the heat-affected match and was quickly discarded for the post-match interview.
Text: AFP/PTI, Reuters
Photographs: Getty Images
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