Simona Halep goes in search of a first Grand Slam at the Australian Open next week without a sponsor, but happy she'll be able to wear her "lucky" red dress. The world number one admitted she unusually had "no brand clothes" to wear at Melbourne Park for the first Grand Slam of the year after ending her deal with Adidas last season.
"I have no contract now. Yeah, it's an interesting period, to be honest," said Halep, who confirmed she would wear the same red dress in Australia that she used to win the Shenzhen Open in China a fortnight ago. The Romanian said she had found the outfit on the internet and hoped it would bring the same results in Australia. "Yeah, I sent a picture. Was a site, in China actually, and one of my managers helped me, and in 24 hours I had the outfit, and it was perfect. I was lucky."