Maria Sharapova looks ace at tennis bash

June 17, 2011

TENNIS babes MARIA SHARAPOVA, ANA IVANOVIC and SERENA WILLIAMS prepared for Wimbledon by partying it up at a pre-tournament bash last night.

They glammed up before playing in what's set to be sodden conditions at the Championships next week.

Heavy showers are forcecast for the first week of the SW19 games. And the trio got a taste of things to come — when they had to shelter from rain at the party, too.

They headed a line-up of the world's best female players at the annual WTA event at London's Kensington Roof Gardens.

The beauties all opted for colourful attire ahead of the All England Club's traditional white dress code.

Former Wimbledon champion Maria, 24, drew attention to her long legs in a bright red long-sleeved frock with cut-out shoulders, while beautiful Ana, 23, looked ace in a frilly multi-coloured strapless dress.

Serena, 29, who is returning from a long injury after developing life-threatening blood clots, showed off her curves in a glamorous green silk gown.

She was relishing the chance to let her hair down, Tweeting a selection of pictures from the event accompanied with the message: "Single girls gone wild."

The stand-out outift of the night was undoubtedly BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS' tennis-inspired yellow gown.

The talented American, 26, has been named one sponsor Sony Ericsson's Xperia Hot Shots ahead of Wimbledon.

And she ensured she got noticed by channelling LADY GAGA with her barmy dress.

Elsewhere, current No1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI, 20, chose an asymmetric black gown, while 26-year-old JELENA JANKOVIC, mixed doubles champion with JAMIE MURRAY in 2007, looked chic in red.

British youngsters LAURA ROBSON, 17, and HEATHER WATSON — another "Hot Shot" — also made a splash at the annual event.

Heather, 19, looked cute in a ruffled beige dress but left early to prepare for a tennis match against GARY LINEKER on a specially constructed court suspended at 150ft above the river Thames at 7am this morning.

TINIE TEMPAH, ELIZA DOOLITTLE, KIMBERLY WYATT, NOISETTES star SHINGAI SHONIWA, OLLY MURS, ALEX JAMES, GEORGIE THOMPSON, DERMOT O'LEARY, VIC REEVES, ELEN RIVAS and SIR ALAN SUGAR also attended the event. Wimbledon starts on Monday.

 

 

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