Serena Williams ad deemed 'too sexy for TV'

Serena Williams has reportedly seen her latest advert scrapped because it was too sexy.

The ad for the Wii tennis game Top Spin 4 featured Williams, introduced as the "world's sexiest tennis player", face up to her opponent, "the world's sexiest gamer", both dressed in revealing black outfits and fishnet tights, reports the Daily Mail.

On Monday, actress Rileah Vanderbilt, Williams's rival in the ad, tweeted a link to the video, announcing: "Check out my newest commercial with @serenawilliams! Directed by: @waltercmay."

Williams tweeted: "Stay tuned for a (sic) awesomely sexy video I am tweeting later..."

However, the video was never posted. Instead, maker 2K Sports released a statement saying: "As part of the process for creating marketing campaigns to support our titles, we pursue a variety of creative avenues. This video is not part of the title's final marketing campaign and its distribution was unauthorised."

Williams only recently suffered a blood clot on her lung, but is said to have made a good recovery.