Sloane Stephens, No. 10 on this year's list of the highest-paid tennis player, on sneakers, Jordan, designers and prepping for the U.S. Open:
Sloane Stephens showing off her NikeCourt Zoom Zero x Air Jordan 8 Aqua she'll wear during the US Open.If US Open champion Sloane Stephens has her way, the next on-court sneaker collaboration she’ll work on is with Aleali May. But first she’ll head to the 2019 US Open as only the second player to don an on-court Jordan collab, following in the footwear steps of Roger Federer.
“When it came up to do something different with the Jordan 8, the Jordan upper on my regular tennis shoe is where it started,” she says. “When we first decided to do it, obviously we didn’t know if it would actually work or if we could make it happen. It was kind of cool to see it come to life and put a whole different top of the shoe on a bottom. The process, with a lot of wear testing and color testing, was a lot of fun.
Getting used to the fit wasn’t difficult, she says. “I wear a lot of high-top sneakers in general, so it wasn’t uncomfortable. I started running around and it was not bad at all. If it was uncomfortable, it wouldn’t have worked.” She plans to wear one pair through the tournament, but always has another worked in just in case.
Being able to be part of her own tie to Jordan comes as a special moment. “MJ is the greatest athlete of all time, and more than that, he goes beyond basketball,” she says. “He helped build this culture. He was bigger than sports. No matter what you do, you know who he is and what he did. And he doesn’t stop. He’s still doing a million things. I really respect that.”
Beyond the sneakers, which Stephens says she’s pleased Nike has dialed in for her with the NikeCourt Zoom Zero since foot surgery in early 2017 made finding the perfect fit a requirement for her to play, Stephens isn’t too picky on tournament apparel. “I just want to be comfortable and Nike being a performance brand they make sure you are comfortable,” she says. “I have played in so many different outfits that at this point they all look the same.
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