This Daily Mail article may be mostly correct, but the detail about Serena Williams ‘refusing’ to wear the dress is almost certainly flat out wrong. ‘Rena has her own line and always wears her own dresses/skirts/shirts made just for her. Maria Sharapova also has her own line but a few other athletes (I think Madison…

Victoria Azarenka tends to wear shorts and looks fantastic in them. It’s not that you have to, but they are actually very comfortable. I play tennis 3-4 times a week and always in a skirt/dress.