Serena Williams’ Australian Open debut inspired by Florence Griffith-Joyner

Serena Williams channeled Olympic champion Florence Griffith-Joyner for her Australian Open first-round match on Monday.

Williams, in a pink, red and black one-legged catsuit that drew memories of the 1988 gold medalist, fittingly sprinted past 49th-ranked German Laura Siegemund 6-1, 6-1 in 56 minutes in Melbourne.

“I was inspired by Flo-Jo, who was a wonderful track athlete, amazing athlete when I was growing up,” Williams said. “Well, watching her fashion, just always changing, her outfits were always amazing. This year we thought of what can we do to keep elevating the Serena Williams on the court. The Nike team actually thought of this design of inspiration from FloJo. I was like, Oh, my…