Ronaldo's new model girlfriend shows off her ball skills... and she's not half-bad

Cristiano Ronaldo's new girlfriend showed off more than her enviable figure as she hung out on the beach.

Talented Letitizia Filippi, 30, seems to have learned a trick or two from the skilful footballer as she revealed her brilliant 'keepy-uppy' skills as she enjoyed a day out with friends.

Letizia demonstrated her eye-catching ball control while playing with a pink ball while dressed in a skimpy mother of pearl embellished bikini.

Ball girl: Model Letizia Filippi, the new girlfriend of Cristiano Ronaldo shows off her impressive skills with a ball on the beach in Italy

Keep it up: The Italian model showed she's no slouch in the sports department, and may even give the Manchester ace a run for his money

On me head: In her itsy bitsy bikini, Letizia shows it's not just her enviable figure that attracted the football superstar

The stunning model was kicking back as she holidayed with friends at a resort in her home country.

And it looked as if she could give the Manchester United ace a run for his money with impressive skills.

But later Letizia was forced to play keepy-uppy with her bikini top, when it slipped down.

A winning sight.

Keepy-cuppy: Letizia struggles to keep her bikini on in the surf

Ronaldo's 'new WAG' goes to work on her tan... but she's got a long way to go before she matches his mahogany sheen

She may have a gorgeous sun-kissed complexion that most women would kill for.

But Letizia Filippi is going to have to soak in the sun for quite a bit longer if she hopes to compete with the mahogany hues of her alleged new footballer boyfriend Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Italian model and TV presenter, 30, was snapped relaxing by a pool in Italy this week, ahead of her flight to Los Angeles.

But she is still in danger of looking positively anaemic next to the Portuguese footballer, pictured on Thursday soaking up even more sun in LA.

Bronzed beauty: TV presenter and model Letizia Fillippi, rumoured to be the newest lady in Cristiano Ronaldo's life, enjoys the sun in Italy

The pair met earlier this year when both were in relationships and struck up a friendship.

But now both are single, Letizia is planning to fly out to LA to spend time with her mahogany friend.

Her agent said: 'She and Ronaldo are very, very good friends.

They met in Capri when they were both on holiday and they have stayed in touch. It’s all in the very early stages. She's going to LA shortly.'

Letizia lives in Rome and leaped to fame in 1994 when she came third place in the Miss Italian beauty contest.

Following her pageant success, she soon landed presenting jobs on TV and became a feature of the Italian media due to her two-year relationship with Italian ski champion Alberto Tomba.

Practising safe sun: Letizia sprays sunblock on her tanned legs

The Manchester United star, 23, has been turning increasingly darker in recent weeks as he holidays in LA.

Following a yachting holiday in Sardinia last month with now ex-girlfriend Nereida Gallardo, it appears the sports ace just can't get enough of sun worshipping.

The £100,000-a-week star, who is recuperating from ankle surgery to cure a long-term injury, passed the healthy looking bronze stage some time ago, but is still soaking up the rays on a daily basis.

The player, worth an estimated £70million, had apparently been hoping to secure a move to Spanish side Real Madrid.

But Manchester United have so far refused to allow their most valuable player to leave.

The player had angered fans by accusing his club of treating him 'like a slave', despite his enormous salary.

Tanned and tanner: Stunning Letizia clearly has some catching up to do in the bronzing stakes if she wants to match up to her rumoured new boyfriend Ronaldo