Venus Williams caused a bit of a stir at the 2010 Australian Open, and she has promised that there is more to come. Last year she shocked spectators when she wore a skimpy outfit and appeared to have no underwear on. She commented on Twitter that she designed the outfit herself, and wanted to create an illusion by wearing shorts that were the same colour as her skin.

Venus has worn many risqué outfits in her time, including a saucy black and red number that looked like something out of an underwear catalogue. She wore the black lace costume at the French Open early in 2010. Something that is for certain is that her outfits never fail to turn heads and it is something Venus will always be remembered by.

She did it again at the US Open in 2010, when she wore a short tennis dress with sequins and flesh coloured shorts underneath. She told her fans that she wanted to wear outfits that represented the cities that she plays in, and this one was for New York.

In another match at the US Open Venus wore a similar sexy outfit, this time in pink. But she is not afraid and continues to wear her eyebrow raising garments.

In 2007, Venus Williams launched her very own clothing line after becoming famous for her sexier tennis outfits, and the clothing is designed both for wearing on the tennis court as well as for casual street wear.

In November 2010 Venus commented on her clothing on the Conan Chow on TBS. She said “I went to school for fashion design so that’s my training, and it’s all about for me to try new, different, fun things that actually work. So when I go out there I don’t think about what I’m wearing and it just works”.

When talking about her sexy red and black lace outfit at the French Open last year, she said “Can you wear lace on the court, that’s the challenge. And the answer is yes!”. But even Venus’s own sister, Serena, was shocked when she saw the US Open outfit in summer 2010 and was photographed with her mouth wide open when she saw Venus enter the court.

And it would appear that she has kept to her promise so far, as she wore a silky blue number with skimpy shorts at the first match of the Australian Open against Sara Errani on 17th January 2011. It looked as though she might not make it through the first match of the tournament but later recovered.

Venus dropped her first service game against Sara Errani, but managed to pull it back by the end of the game, managing to defeat the Italian. In the past Venus has not done so well in the Australian Open, and has only made it to the finals once in 2003.

Between the games in the first match, she was caught on camera using an inhaler but told journalists  that she doesn’t talk about her condition, only her tennis.