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Roger Federer's 20-year association with Nike was hanging by a shoestring on Monday as the Wimbledon champion walked on to Centre Court to open the defence of his title wearing a Uniqlo branded outfit.
Gone was the Nike swish from his bandana and the RF logo that usually appears on his jacket was also missing.
While thousands of fans around Centre Court wore baseball caps displaying the RF emblem, Federer can no longer use it as the design is owned by the American apparel and equipment company that had sponsored the Swiss during all of his previous record 20 Grand Slam wins.
Federer, who wore a plain white bandana with two small red squares on the side while defeating Serbia's Dusan Lajovic 6-1 6-3 6-4 in the first round, said he was "excited" at being sponsored by the Japanese casual wear designer.
It was the absence of the RF logo, though, that concerned fans.
"The RF logo is with Nike at the moment, but it will come to me at some point. I hope rather sooner than later, that Nike can be nice and helpful in the process to bring it over to me," the eight-times Wimbledon champion told reporters.
"They are my initials. The good thing is it's not theirs forever. In a short period of time, it will come to me."
The top seed, however, hopes to retain some ties with Nike as he was still wearing the swish-marked footwear on Monday since Uniqlo do not manufacture shoes.
"I don't have a shoe deal. For now, I will be wearing Nike," he said.
"They have shown interest to have a shoe deal with me, as well. Ties are not broken there. I have deep roots with Nike. I've had a great relationship over the last 20 years.
"But everything is open. It's very exciting also again to see what's out there, who wants to do something with me."
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