Fila has revealed the Olympic collection, containing different outfits for each country: Serbia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Spain, Romania, Italy, Belgium, Slovenia, New Zealand, etc.

Serbian Jelena Jankovic will wear a predominantly red Essenza Dress, with touches of the other two colors from the Serbian flag – blue and white. On the chest, besides the Fila logo, there is Serbian coat-of-arms, while the back features Serbian flag.
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With the Olympic Games approaching fast, occasion is perfect to enrich our WTA Players and their Boyfriends/Husbands series with the information about a couple of a women's tennis player and an Olympic medalist – Hungarians Greta Arn and her famous boyfriend Zsolt Nemcsik.

The 33-year-old Arn is the winner of two WTA titles (Auckland and Estoril) and her highest ranking was No.40, achieved in May 2011. Her boyfriend, 34, is a sabre fencer and one of his greatest achievements was a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Thank you, Patty, for telling me about Arn's boyfriend and contributing to our series, which is so far featuring the marriages of Karolina Sprem, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Elena Dementieva. Stay tuned, a lot more content is waiting to be added! Also, feel free to send me your tips about the partners of WTA players via Women's Tennis Blog's contact form. (photos: WTA, © Neal Trousdale)

Just hours after we reported that Kaia Kanepi withdrew from the upcoming Olympics with an Achilles injury, world No.18 Andrea Petkovic is tweeting:

Really sorry to announce that I will not be competing at the Olympic Games. I'm heartbroken and sad as can be but I'm just not ready yet. 

This whole season Petkovic played just eight WTA matches, losing four of them, and in her last one, in the second half of April, she retired against Victoria Azarenka in Stuttgart, because of falling and twisting her ankle, and that very injury is now shattering the German's Olympic hopes. The match against Azarenka was only Petkovic's second since her comeback from a back injury that had troubled her since January and caused her to miss the Australian Open. (photo: Ralf Reinecke)

Estonian No.1 and world No.16 Kaia Kanepi has not healed from her Achilles injury and has thus withdrawn from the 2012 London Olympics. Unbelievable! Before the 2004 Athens Olympics, Kanepi broke her little finger when she fell while running and had an appendix surgery just a month before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. However, she did compete at both events, while this year she's totally out.

Remember the Olympics-dedicated Kanepi interview we published last month, in which she expressed how hopeful she was for the upcoming Games, especially given her successful 2012 with Brisbane and Estoril titles and French Open quarterfinals? Everything is shattered now. Here's Kanepi's statement for her official website:

It is very sad that I cannot participate in the Olympics. I do not know if I will ever get another chance to participate in the Olympic Games. At the moment all I want is my legs to be ok and that I could play tennis without feeling any pain.

The 27-year-old Estonian first started feeling the injury in spring in Estoril and after the memorable French Open she took a break to heal, but the most recent ultrasound examination revealed that the heel problem is still there. (photo: Not enough megapixels)

Stella McCartney already geared up Caroline Wozniacki for the London Olympics and now we have sketches of clothes that Venus Williams designed for her campaign at the 2012 Olympic Games.

The three-time gold medalist, once in singles (2000) and twice in doubles (2000, 2008), is embracing the fact that the Wimbledon venue will not require the all-white clothing rule and, as she hinted in an interview of a few months ago, her sportswear for the Summer Olympics is red, white and blue with a touch of gold.

The limited-edition collection from Venus' own EleVen line features a navy dress with a gold EleVen logo, red straps on the back and white lines shaping the silhouette, and a top and skirt combo in the same color palette.

EleVen's message:

Look good, play well!

If you enjoy Venus' fashion, have a look at the video after the cut, where she talks about her inspiration and presents the story behind her clothes.  Read more »