Photos by JD Blom for Tennis Panorama News. Slideshow best viewed on full screen.
Tuesday night, the players chose their fashion forward best for the "Oscars" of the player party circuit. Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Ana Kournikova were the biggest stars of the tennis world in attendance, as well as world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, Fernando Verdasco, and pretty boy Feliciano Lopez, who made one of the photographer's weak-kneed.
Robin Soderling, along with his girlfriend, were among the first to show up and they were already walking out when we arrived. Tomas Berdych and Lucie Safarova were the last to arrive on the red (blue) carpet. An adorable couple close up, their chemistry was palpable. Tomas has always had the look of an angel and Lucie's baby-doll face was all aglow. I was thrilled to see Anastasia Myskina who arrived with the self-proclaimed "Russian Mob," led by Svetlana Kuznetsova in another one of her head-scratching get ups.
Mixed in with the players were a few actors, a couple professional gamers, some well-known local DJ's, and a few mystery men.
Venus Williams arrived about midway through and when Serena Williams wasn't far behind, it was clear the superstar wasn't coming. Also noticeably absent was Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Kim Clijsters.
Tweeting the photos was a stroke of genius suggested by JD Blom. I was all set to tweet my best descriptions of the outfits when he looked over my shoulder and said, "Just snap a photo." Ah, technology. I'm not a wizard with the latest toys, so I had no clue you could do such a thing. Once I got the hang of it, it was all over. Would love to do that again someday.
Right before the paparazzi packed up equipment to leave, one of the Getty photographers asked my to identify most of the players he'd just captured for he only recognized a few big names. Who knew?
JD Blom
Maria leaving.
Cross-posted to Tennis Panorama News
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