Venus Williams' New Outfit - Sexy or Inappropriate?

We knew Venus Williams have her own clothing line, that's why she always looks so fashionable on the tennis court. But, did she took it too far this time?

On this 2010 French Open Grand Slam series, she wore a new outfit which looks like corset or a tutu. But, that's not what made it controversial. The outfit was looked like a see-through and that Venus Williams looked like she was not wore any underwear. That was because she used a skin-colored undies.

Venus wore a similar outfit last month at Sony Ericsson Open and both are branded as part of her EleVen clothing line, which is designed for on or off the court activities.




Apparently this new outfit didn't help with her performance. She was beaten by Russian player, Nadia Petrova, only in the 4th round of the championship. At least, during her participation in this tournament, she gained a lot attention from the crowd. The French, being French, naturally sent some whistles raining down on Williams, and the famous French saying: "Ooh-la-la." on many lips.

Venus Williams Tennis Pictures

Venus Williams decided to play this weekend in the Western & Southern Financial Group Womens's Open, and it might not have been the best idea for the older Williams sister. The Tournament as a $2 million purse this year, and the tennis tournament was changed to a top-tier event for this season. Both the Williams sister entered the tournament, and Venus will be packing her bags early today.

Venus Williams competed in one of the earlier match's at 12:00 p.m., and faced Flavia Pennetta in this round of 16 match up. Venus entered as a third seed in the tournament, and online sportsbooks such as Bodog, had Venus as a -400 favorite to win. Flavia Pennetta entered the match as a + 275 underdog, and a 14 seed in the tournament, but had momentum on her side after winning the L.A. Women's Tennis Championship on Sunday of last week. Pennetta played a very competitive game against Venus, and her strategy payed off, as she won the match in straight sets 7-6 (2), 6-4. Pennetta has played well against Venus in the past, accumulating a 4-3 record against her before this match.

Venus Williams finished the match with 38 unforced errors, and looked to find it difficult to keep the ball on the court. "I wasn't able to get control of my ball today," ESPN reports Venus said after her match "After a while, it was obvious to see she was just keeping the ball in play and waiting for me to self-destruct." The 27 year-old Flavia Pennetta was very emotional at the end of her match with Venus. ESPN reports Pennetta commented "Very unusual," and later "I don't know. The emotion was crazy. Coming from Los Angeles, I didn't have a lot of days to rest. I was playing like that -- yesterday, not my best tennis. I was tired. When everything comes together, the emotions go up." When asked about her lack of rest before the two tournaments, Flavia commented with "My confidence now -- it's perfect, you know, It's always when you win a lot of matches like this. You believe more in yourself. When I got on the court today, I was just believing in myself."

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Athlete's Fear Factor

Dennis Bergkamp

Dennis Bergkamp always has more fatigue than his teammates when Arsenal have to plays an away games in English Premiere League or Champions League. It was not because he trained too hard for the game, but because he spent much more time in the road.

He has an aviophobia, the fear of flying. That's why even if his team have to play across Europe, he still choose to travel by land. This where he got his nickname, "The Non Flying Dutchman".

Bergkamp had this phobia not since he was born. It started in 1994 when he was flying with his Dutch teammates to prepared for 1994 USA World Cup. His plane had an engine failure that made them has to wait in the airport. The rumor that there was a bomb in his plane made Bergkamp won't fly anymore.


The other athlete who has this phobia is Kareem Rush, former LA Lakers player.

Venus and Serena Williams

When in the field, these William's sister never affraid to face any opponents. They look very strong and seem can beat anyone. But in real life, they had a nemesis, that is horror movies. When they're watching horror movies, they're always closed their eyes almost at every moments of the movie.

Want to accompanying them when they're watching a horror movie?

Andy Roddick

Okay, Andy Roddick's phobia was not cool at all, it doesn't even have a medical term. He is affraid of eater bunny! Not just the real bunny, he's even fear man in a bunny costume, or pictures of eater bunny in magazines.

The funny thing is, he doesn't affraid of real rabbit. He used to have a rabbit pets.

David Beckham

What's David Beckham's fear factor? He has an OCD (obssesive compulsive disorder) where he can't stand to watch something messy. He arranged his clothes according to their colors, put bottles in refrigerator according to thier heights.

When he saw three can of beers in the fridge he has to get rid one of them, because three is an odd number. In a medical term Beckham's phobia is called ataxophobia.

Derrick Rose

Chicago Bulls's guard, Derrick Rose, very affraid of needle. Once when he was in the college playing in NCAA, he had an injury in his head. When the doctor said that his wound need to be sew, he was crying outloud and dash out from the locker room. He was calmed down when the doctor promised not to sew his wound.

Andre Agassi

Up until this moment, Andre Agassi has a arachnophobia, the excessive fear to spider!