Women's Tennis Skirts and Tennis Skorts
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The Difference Between a Tennis Skirt and a Tennis Skort

There can be some confusion over the difference between a skirt or skort.The truth is the variation is slight: Most 'tennis skirts' have built-in shorties or compression shorts, thus making them 'skorts'. This addition helps make a comfortable and integrated outfit. This new Nike Challenge tennis skort is a perfect example.

This year Nike has outdone itself with the creativity of their three new tennis fashion lines. The latest is Challenge, and, like Sharapova's Set Point and Serena's Love Game, it seamlessly combines feminine features with up to the moment fabrication and design.

Comfort and wearability come from the moisture wicking Dri-FIT and wide elastic band waist, while enhanced mobility is guaranteed by a built-in compression short with a triangular-shaped gusset. The pretty petal design tops it all off to make this skirt one of the most desirable of the year.

Brand New and Ready to Rock on Court

Serena Williams is the force behind this Love Game Nike collection. She not only wears it but she also helped to design it. This is the newest addition to the line, the Nike Love Game Wrap tennis skirt. Actually a skort, it also features Dri-FIT, Nike's amazing wicking fabrication and a mesh under layer, for cool mobility. Available in all colors and sizes, but expect this beautiful skirt to fly off the online shelves.

 More WTA Stars Turn to adidas for Their Tennis Clothes - See Why

Flavia Pennetta is the latest WTA Star join the adidas adilibria collection family. These top tennis players would not compromise their game for a mere sponsorship.That isn't what all that hard work and dedication was for, but they take their choice of brands and collections seriously. Some, such as Serena Williams, actually have a part in the design of their tennis wear. The adidas adilibria collection chosen by Flavia, has become very popular over the last few seasons - so popular that this Spring/Summer collection is already selling out in certain sizes.  

This isn't as strange a question as you might think. Of course it's adidas, the logo is screen printed on the left hem, but what line? It's the RESPONSE range and the reason it's not that well known is that currently no WTA Stars wear this collection, so it's rarely seen. One of the best things about RESPONSE  is that there are quite a few color combinations of skorts and tops, thus making it perfect for tennis team uniforms.

It's not too short a length and is fabricated with ClimaLite®, adidas' moisture wicking technology. Although this Spring/Summer 2010 collection has only been available for a month, I've already seen certain sizes becoming limited, so (as always), get what you like now to avoid disappointment. 

Nike has a wealth of talented fashion designers and are very fortunate to also be able to have input by their two top WTA Stars, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova. Both are almost as well known for their considerable fashion abilities as their expertise on court.

The Love Game Spring/Summer collection has just been released by Nike and is as extensive as it is creative. There are three different styles of tennis top and each has four or so colors available for each of the styles.

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Nike Love Game Tennis Skort

Obsidian/Blue Sapphire

 
White Love Game Skort

Sapphire Blue/Dark Obsidian

K-Swiss have produced a pleated tennis skirt, showcased by their highest ranking woman player, Vera Zvonareva. She most recently wore the black version, with the Deep V Tank Fall 2009.

It's classic styling has kept it on the online shelves. Really nice pleated tennis skirts are getting more and more difficult to find. This K-Swiss pleated skirt comes in white and black.

 The K-Swiss Accomplish Skirt - A Classic Look with Sun Protection

This is a truly classic cut tennis skort that also has all the quality expected from a a great tennis brand like K-Swiss. The inner shorts have 40+ UVF sun protection, so important during the summer. A happy buyer wrote "i'm very happy with this skirt.. fits nice, quality fabric.. very comfortable.". This Accomplish tennis fashion collection has just been launched, so the size availablity is excellent.

See the Matching Tennis Tops Here