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Aug 30, 2016
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Highlighter look takes over the US Open

It's all yellow everything, everywhere in Flushing.

Published Aug 30, 2016

NEW YORK — There's a trending theme at the US Open this year and it's impossible to miss. Everywhere you look, there's a highlighter-like neon yellow piece of clothing reflecting the sun back at you.

Nike rolled out the look especially for the fortnight. Of course, the players' hats, wristbands and bandanas have to match the color scheme.

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The temperatures in New York have soared, and with it, fans' patience with watching players dressed like markers.

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Given the huge number of Nike sponsored athletes, this scenario was also bound to happen.

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Critics aside, the color does an incredible job contrasting the deep blue backdrop of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center courts.

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For those who want to argue that the outfit color hinders the opponent's ability to see the ball, here's this perfect retort:

"I feel like at this point, we should all know how to watch the ball," Taylor Townsend, who lost to Caroline Wozniacki on Day 1, said. "If we don't, then we've got a problem. So I don't think that it's really a problem. During the Open, they always—all the companies always go with bright colors and super fun outfits. That's not really something that you can worry about or control."