Sports / Venus Williams Venus Williams Turns Heads in Win Patty Schnyder loses, but nobody's looking at her By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff Posted May 23, 2010 10:43 PM CDT Updated May 24, 2010 6:05 AM CDT Copied Venus Williams returns the ball to Switzerland's Patty Schnyder during their first-round match in the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris, Sunday, May 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) Venus Williams won her French Open first-round match yesterday, but the spotlight was on what she was wearing—and not wearing. The No. 2 seed sported a lacy black concoction with underpinnings similar to the ones that caused a stir at the Australian Open by creating the illusion that she was going commando. The get-up is "about illusion," Williams told the AP. Well, all right, then. To see complete results, click here. (More Venus Williams stories.) Report an error