The annual pre-Wimbledon party, hosted by Richard Branson was given a distinctly Russian twist this year, with a stylish Russian Standard Vodka cocktail bar gracing the Kensington Roof Gardens.

For the elite tennis and celebrity crowd, some of London’s top mixologists created delicious Russian Standard Vodka cocktails to welcome in the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. Among the celebrities enjoying the refreshing Russian Standard Watermelontini and the fruity Passion for Tennis were; tennis beauties the Williams Sisters, the stunning Maria Sharapova, rugby stars Gavin Henson and Danny Cipriani and scandalous presenting duo Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand.