Photos: Sharapova, Nadal, Serena Williams, Federer play night tennis

There's "The Big Four" and then there's this Big Four. Nike assembled their four biggest stars -- Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Roger
Photos: Sharapova, Nadal, Serena Williams, Federer play night tennis
Photos: Sharapova, Nadal, Serena Williams, Federer play night tennis /

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There's "The Big Four" and then there's this Big Four. Nike assembled their four biggest stars -- Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Roger Federer -- to reveal their 2013 French Open kits and play an exhibition match on a black-lit court in Malakoff, a Paris suburb.

"We don't have too many opportunities for all of us to be together to do something fun," Williams said.

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Did the organizers not read Nadal's autobiography? He's scared to death of the dark.

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Ah, that's better.

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Nadal shows off his million-dollar grin for the fans, surely relieved to have the lights turned back on.

(Photo credit: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images)

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COURTNEY NGUYEN

Contributor, SI.com Nguyen is a freelance writer for SI.com, providing full coverage of professional tennis both on and off the court. Her content has become a must-read for fans and insiders to stay up-to-date with a sport that rarely rests. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows all over the world and is one of the co-hosts of No Challenges Remaining, a weekly podcast available on iTunes. Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and received a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She lives in the Bay Area.