Lady Gaga of tennis endures bad romance
Bethanie Mattek-Sands was at it again as she belatedly took to thecourt today for her first round clash.
The self-titled "Lady Gaga of tennis", who was once finedfor wearing a cowboy hat at the US Open, stunned people in a yellow number tothe players' party made out of tennis balls.
And after promising that "Wimby has never seen something likethis" about her jacket for the tournament, Mattek-Sands was in a jovialmood when she turned up on the court.
"I'm not hitting a ball in this, don't worry," sheshouted as she stripped off her tennis-ball jacket to reveal a skin tight dresswith a sleeve cut off to show a string of floral tattoos up her arm.
The 30th seed was a lot less happy two hours and 19 minutes later as she left the court in a strop.
Mattek-Sands crashed out of the tournament to Japan's Misako Doi, having disputeda number of the line calls and refusing to shake hands with the umpire at theend of the match.
Her jacket is what will be remembered though - it was created by British designer Alex Noble who has also collaborated with the outlandish singer Lady Gaga and designed a fluorescent yellow number for Mattek-Sands' appearance at the WTA's Wimbledon party last week.
"It was actually ver! y cool w orking with him, hopefully I'll be able to do it again," Mattek-Sands told reporters after the match.
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