White wash: Venus Williams wore a simple vest top and skirt as she was knocked out of Wimbledon in the opening round while Maria Sharapova won her opening singles match in a more revealing outfit, right She's as famed for her outrageous outfits as she is for her powerful volleys but today tennis star Venus Williams was lacking in both departments while Maria Sharapova stole centre court in a rather revealing outfit.
Five-time champion Venus lost in the opening round at Wimbledon for the first time since she made her debut at the tournament.
While the American's game was not up to her previous standards, her on court outfit of a simple white vest top with a split white skirt and shorts was also a disappointment to fashionistas.
It was left to Maria Sharapova to win the fashion stakes in a white dress with lime green straps and matching lime green briefs as she briskly pulverised Australian Anastasia Rodionova 6-2 6-3 in her opening singles match.
Leggy lady: Maria Sharapova shows odd her long legs in a white dress with matching lime green briefs that she designed for Nike
Demure: Venus Williams' choice of outfit was unusually conservative for a tennis player renowned for her outrageous attireThe top seed, winner at Wimbledon in 2004 and looking to reach her third consecutive grand slam final, was 5-0 up with only three points dropped, before meeting some brief resistance as Rodionova held serve and then broke for 5-2.
Pin-up: Russian Maria Sharapova leaves little to the imagination with a skimpy pair of shorts under her short skirtThe first two games of the second set went with serve before the powerful Russian romped into a 5-1 lead.
Rodionova delayed the inevitable with a break for 5-2, held serve for 5-3 and then crumbled again as Sharapova served out with an ace after 70 minutes on court.
And despite being in the midst of a tournament, cheeky Sharapova still managed to strike a pose similar to the 1978 Athena poster girl.
Her winning performance was also a prime chance for Sharapova to showcase the Nike range that she has designed herself that will also be worn by six other players in the grand slam.
Winning game, winning outfit: Russia's Maria Sharapova in action against Australia's Anastasia RodionovaIn vast contrast to Sharapova, many were left surprised by the outfit chosen by Venus - because it was so conservative.
In the past, Venus has stretched the rules on what can be worn to play tennis at Wimbledon with her revealing and eye-catching ensembles.
The 32-year-old American was bundled out in straight sets by Russian Elena Vesnina, who claimed a fine 6-1 6-3 success on Court Two.
Williams' only previous experience of a first-round singles loss at Wimbledon came as a 17-year-old in 1997 when she was defeated by Polish player Magdalena Grzybowska.
This afternoon afternoon Vesnina could hardly believe her achievement, with the 25-year-old dancing a jig of joy and all smiles after securing a second-round clash with number three seed Agnieszka Radwanska.
All over: Venus waves to the crowd after she is knocked out on day one by Elena Vesnina
That will do it: Russia's Elena Vesnina celebrates as she beats Williams in straight sets
Williams fell 5-0 behind in the opening set, against a player Britain's Heather Watson beat in the French Open first round last month.
She slowly improved but could not find a way to turn the match around.
Williams had game point for 3-3 in the second set but frittered it away by overshooting the baseline and Vesnina broke.
It was soon 5-2 as Vesnina held serve, and although Williams had a love game straight afterwards it was only delaying her opponent's charge.
Williams is down at 58th in the world rankings, with Sjogren's syndrome, an auto-immune disease which has had a major effect on her health, having kept her out of the game between last summer's US Open and the WTA tournament at Miami in March.
source: dailymail
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