Fans, especially males, are disappointed to find that their favorite tennis female star Maria Sharapova has traded in her short skirts for shorts during this year’s Wimbledon Championships. The Russian World Number 1 has chosen a pinstripe Nike gear for the tournament that will take place from June 23 to July 6. The warm up sessions of Sharapova will take place in a hand-made trouser suit inspired by man's formal tuxedo. For the main game, she will strip down to shorts paired with a sleeveless top. Providing finishing touch to her look will be a pair of Tiffany platinum earrings worth 2,500 pound ($5,000).

The audiences, which had turned up to see more of Maria Sharapova than her stint on the green grass court, are clearly heart-broken. ‘Sharapova is a great player but I feel she's letting down blokes in the crowd by opting to wear shorts,’ quipped one of her fans. Another, who is a marketing executive in Bristol and had come to watch the Russian tennis superstar play on Tuesday, said ‘Sharapova's a great looking girl and a great talent, but I don't understand why she feels the need to recreate the look of Martina Navratilova.’