Serena serves a fashion smash

Winning Wimbledon earlier this month, she looked more than all right in white.

But when Serena Williams decided to dress up in black leather instead, it was a whole new ballgame.

There were gasps from the audience as the statuesque tennis champion teetered on to the set of America's top talk show in stilettoes and a skin-tight minidress that left little to the imagination.

Clearly flustered, Tonight Show host Jay Leno told Miss Williams, 21: 'Wow! You look great! But I may have to get the nuns in here as that skirt looks a little short.'

Miss Williams revealed that the dress was made to measure from one of her own designs. The 5ft 10in multi-millionairess has started a haute couture business after completing a fashion course near her Florida home.

She told Leno: 'I originally wanted to do only wedding dresses. But I also do evening wear - things people would wear to the Oscars or the Grammys.'

Miss Williams, who has won six Grand Slam titles, is fast becoming as famous for her eye-catching outfits as for her awesome skill on court.

Earlier this year she posed for the magazine Sports Illustrated in a tiny white bikini.

Last summer she shocked tennis traditionalists by playing at the U.S. Open in a black all-in-one catsuit which showed off her honed body to perfection. She said at the time: 'It's fun, exciting and very sexy - just like me.'