Maria sticks to tennis

THE IMG Oz Open players party at Crown casino at Breezes was again a major hit among all the top players and, as usual, a fantastic way to start the 2005 party season. IMG big names Maria Sharapova, Venus and Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport and Daniela Huntuchova all turned up on Sunday night.

Sharapova, last year's Wimbledon winner, was dressed in a short denim mini-skirt. It seems she has quite a few fans among Melbourne's AFL ranks. Several of the IMG-managed footy players who wandered into Breezes wanted to meet the superstar from Russia. But she wasn't that keen.

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