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Vote: | A court is like a scene, people want to see attractive people. |
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Vote: | At this year's Open, I'll have five boyfriends. |
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Vote: | Boyfriends have to understand me and my needs. They have to know what I want out of my life and about my strict regime. I go to bed at 10pm and not later. I separate my professional and private lives. |
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Vote: | I am beautiful, famous and gorgeous. |
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Vote: | I don't know what better teenage life you could get than going around the world doing what you love to do. |
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Vote: | I have a lot of boyfriends, I want you to write that. Every country I visit, I have a different boyfriend. And I kiss them all. |
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Vote: | I have lost this battle but I will win the war. |
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Vote: | I think it's really important for me not to forget where I came from. |
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Vote: | I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. |
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Vote: | I was caught in the middle. They should have either let me go or not play at all. They just froze me in the middle and now I'm stuck. |
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Vote: | I worked very hard and I earned all the attention I'm getting. |
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Vote: | I'm like an expensive menu... you can look but you can't afford! |
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Vote: | I've just done a commercial in the U.S. in which I talk about stocks, shares and bonds. Everyone is amazed. They ask me: 'You really know about that stuff or did you just learn it for the commercial?' I tell them I wouldn't do it unless I understood and had an interest. |
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Vote: | It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player. |
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Vote: | It's true I always try to be as seductive as possible but I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play tennis. |
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Vote: | Like any young person, I do what I want. |
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Vote: | My manager wants me to dress like a nun and I want to dress like a teenager. |
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Vote: | People don't get to see the unglamourous side. |
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Vote: | The world believes all blondes are stupid and brunettes are smarter. Well, I disagree. |
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Vote: | There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me. |
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Vote: | Well, I'm playing for the fans so whenever they come and ask for autographs I always try to give it to everybody because I'm out there for the people. |
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Vote: | When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis. |
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Vote: | You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of No.12, do you? Anyway, as I keep telling everyone, you can't blame me for looking like this on purpose. |
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Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (Russian: Анна Сергеевна Курникова, Ánna Sergéyevna Kúrnikova; born June 7, 1981) is a sports personality who achieved fame first as a tennis player. She was born in Moscow, Russia to parents Alla and Sergei Kournikov, but currently lives in Miami, Florida, in the United States.
Kournikova is perhaps the best known player among people who are not fans of tennis. She dazzled the world at age 13 and 14 in international junior tennis, winning many tournaments including the 1995 Orange Bowl and the 1995 Italian Open. Anna Kournikova ended 1995 as the Junior European Champion and as Junior World Champion.
She set her mark after she became a professional player. Kournikova debuted at age 14 in the Fed Cup for Russia, still the youngest player ever participating. As a 15-year old she reached the fourth round of the 1996 US Open, only to be stopped by world number 1, Steffi Graf. That same year she was a member of the Russian delegation that participated in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. As a 16-year old she reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon. Kournikova's first Grand Slam title came in 1999 at the Australian Open in the Women's Doubles event with partner Martina Hingis. Kournikova and Hingis frequently played as doubles partners.
While consistently ranked in the top 20 in the WTA tour rankings, she never won a professional singles tournament (though she made the semi-finals and finals of many). Her serve was notably weak for a top-level tennis player but her variety of shots delighted the pure tennis fan. Now she is perhaps more famous for her beauty than for her tennis skills.
A number of her relationships have featured prominently in the tabloid press, and photographs of her scantily-clad form have appeared in various "lad magazines," including a much publicized Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Kournikova was named one of People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003. She was voted hottest athlete for consecutive years on espn.com. In 2003, readers of FHM magazine voted Anna the sexiest woman in the world. Kournikova had a small role (as a motel manager) in the 2000 film Me, Myself and Irene, starring Jim Carrey.
In 2001 she had ankle surgery and in 2003 she had complicated back surgery. Although she is not playing on the WTA tour due to these injuries, she still plays exhibition matches for a good cause. In late 2004 for example she participated in three charity events organised by Elton John and by good friends Serena Williams and Andy Roddick.
She currently (2002-2005) dates Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias.
Brief facts
*Kournikova never won a WTA singles title but won 16 doubles WTA titles, incl. 3 Grand Slams.
*She allegedly was briefly married to Russian Hockey player Sergei Fedorov.
*She last competed professionally in April 2003.
*Kournikova's highest single ranking was #8, highest doubles ranking was #1.
*Kournikova's nickname is Murzik (a popular pet kitten name in Russia).
...(more on Wikipedia)
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