We here at TSF are all smiles that Maria Sharapova and Nike are back at it with a well-calculated outfit for the Russian (when in Paris…). They went with a layered dress in varying textures of fabric and in two hues of blue. The tiers fall nicely on Maria’s frame, looking like like enormous fish scales. Unfortunately, it didn’t look so good when she moved around. What do you think of this dress? Tell us!
Scoreline: In this, her first major since Wimbledon of 2008, Maria beat Belarusian Anastasiya Yakimova 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 and next faces 11th seed Nadia Petrova.
Round it out: Maria walked onto the court with a cropped jacket, a large white tote, and of course her aquamarine and diamond drop earrings — in 18 karats of white gold — from Tiffany. (Buy: Drop Earrings; $2,100; Tiffany.com.) What, you say? You want to see the bag and jacket? Feast your eyes on a few pictures — all after the cut…
(action images via Getty Images; jacket and bag detail photos by mariafan; drop earrings image courtesy of Tiffany & Co.)
tennis served fresh 
May 26, 2009 at 6:01 pm |
Well.. nice color! 🙂
ViktoryiaN
May 26, 2009 at 6:58 pm |
Love it!
May 26, 2009 at 7:04 pm |
OMIGOD!!!! I want it!!!
May 26, 2009 at 9:41 pm |
Love the dress and matching visor. Can’t live without a visor. Why don’t they have more variety?
May 26, 2009 at 10:00 pm |
I would wear the dress to a party and not a match. I love her earrings too!!
May 27, 2009 at 12:31 pm |
I absolutley do not like this dress, it looks awkward when she moves and the drape in the front could have been worked on to make it look and flow better. It looks like Shrieka has a pattern for RG for the past 3 yrs : Blue
May 28, 2009 at 6:22 am |
yuck!
May 28, 2009 at 11:50 am |
LOVE the dress and the jacket. Will Nike be selling this to the public soon?
May 29, 2009 at 9:31 am |
[…] myself up and proved I could win when it got tough.” All the fans were happy to see her nice sense of fashion return to the game too. I’m sure all the big sponsors like Nike, Adidas, & are Prince […]
May 29, 2009 at 9:33 am |
Erwin, Thanks for all the great pics, keep up the amazing posts, you inspire me……OK not like Helen Keller but still inspiring.
May 29, 2009 at 10:58 am |
it seems a bit frilly and fussy to me. maria ‘s body seems better-suited to slimmer and more classic silhouettes.
May 29, 2009 at 12:03 pm |
I love the colours, but perhaps a bit poofy? One of her nicer dresses; i didn’t particularly like her Wimbledon ones, apart from the one from 2006. Another french open dress was very nice; i cant remember from which year but it was turquoise/teal in colour with a dark netting over it. I have been searching for it everywhere the last few months, but to no avail… 😦
Back to the dress – Very pretty, but I agree with ‘jean’ in that i think a slimmer dress would suit her more.
I can’t wait till it comes out in stores!!!
May 30, 2009 at 12:01 am |
the dress is not the best shape for her body it makes her butt look huge and it looks like someone bought the fabric at Micheals and sewed it in their craft room-I LOVED LAST YEARS DRESS!!! It was so elegant. I wish Maria would play in the outfits before she came on court to make sure they still look elegant when she is playing.
ps Vicky the dress you are talking about is from the 2008 Roland Garros-
May 30, 2009 at 1:55 pm |
Actually tennishead, Vicky is talking about the 2007 French Open dress. Because last years 2008 was when Sharapova wore the navy blue and 07 was when she wore the Turquiose with the drop waist & black netting that made it look dark blue. And 06 she wore the Pink TuTu. I really wish she’d make another dress like the pink one but in blue!!
May 30, 2009 at 1:59 pm |
Actually tennishead, Vicky is talking about the 2007 French Open dress. Because last years 2008 was when Sharapova wore the navy blue and 07 was when she wore the Turquiose with the drop waist & black netting that made it look dark blue. But they do not sell it anymore but you may have luck on ebay. I saw two of thm on there about 2 months ago. 06 she wore the Pink TuTu. I really wish she’d make another dress like the pink one but in blue!!
June 1, 2009 at 8:47 am |
my mistake PAA you are totally correct-
June 7, 2009 at 11:07 am |
Does anyone know if the French Open Nike dress will go on sale?
June 7, 2009 at 1:38 pm |
I’m pretty sure it won’t.
June 9, 2009 at 1:40 pm |
hmm what makes you think that when almost all of her dresses do?
June 9, 2009 at 1:42 pm |
Nike told me.
June 24, 2009 at 3:41 am |
Granted, the dress doesn’t look so good in the still shots you posted of Maria in action, but in real life it looked fabulous!!!!!
June 25, 2009 at 6:54 am |
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July 7, 2009 at 6:29 pm |
Love it and would buy it in a New York minute! Waiting for it to be available
April 4, 2010 at 3:53 pm |
can anyone tell me where i can find the shoes she wore at the 2009 french open? (the white/blue ones) im pretty sure they’re nike but are they anywhere on sale?