 Fashion buffs Serena and Venus Williams added to their broad pallete of outfits when they swayed down the aisle wearing sarees during the Players' Party for the WTA Bangalore Open on Sunday night. The brash and bubbly sisters played to the gallery to the hilt, waving and blowing kisses to the exclusive crowd attending the function at the Leela Palace.  Venus, who is an art graduate, said she loved the sarees, "but the only problem is that I can't wear it on my own. This might be the last time I am wearing a saree so click as many pictures as you can."The younger Williams, draped in orange, surprisingly said she was quite comfortable in the Indian wear and would like to wear it again.  Top seed at the Bangalore Open, Jelena Jankovic, with her fair complexion and dark hair, looked stunning in her dep blue saree. The world number four who had "always wanted to wear it", finally had her wish fulfilled. And when all the girls came back on the stage for an photo-op, Vijay Amritraj, doing his regular job of hosting the evening, couldn't help commenting, "I feel like I'm back in a Bond movie! The pretty and petite Patty Schnyder, seeded fourth for the Tier-II tournament, though shied away from the stage saying she didn't know if she could carry of the drapes well. While the glitz and glamour was thrown in aplenty and the event organisers accentuating Indianness to the maximum, with flower garlands and oil lamps and an Indian dance show preceding the fashion show, it will be back to the court and sweat and sportswear for the girls once the tournament kicks off on Monday.  |
