Players get a 'sweet' Nike deal at Australian Open

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne, Australia, January 19, 2018. Kyle Edmund of Britain hits a shot against Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia. REUTERS/Edgar Su

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - As Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov and Andrey Rublev of Russia battled on the blue courts at Rod Laver Arena on Friday, it was Nike's court Melbourne collection that most stood out.

The sporting giant's players have been geared up in striking combinations of black, white and salmon for this year's Australian Open, to titters of amusement on social media across the first week of the first grand slam of the year.