Back to the Tennis Newsfeed

Haters back off: Sharapova has her 2017 Australian Open dress, even though she won't be even near Melbourne

Related Topics: Maria Sharapova, Australian Open

Maria Sharapova is set to make a grand return to competitive tennis on April 26th at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, the tournament she's won three times in a row, but even though we've known for months that the Russian will not play the 2017 Australian Open, Nike created the Spring Maria Premier Dress for Melbourne and we have promo photos of Masha in it.

maria-sharapova-2017-australian-open-dress
The design is outstanding, just as other Nike outfits for the season's first Grand Slam, and what's better, Maria's line is completely different from

Serena Williams' and Genie Bouchard's black and whites.