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It's hard to believe that this site has been up since 2000, and we're only adding Anna Kournikova now. Here at Euroeros, we love Russian and Eastern European women, and Anna was certainly one of the most famous that that time.
Born in 1981 in what was then the capital of the Soviet Union (USSR), Anna began playing tennis at the age of seven. Taught by her father, Anna embraced the kind of punishing practice regieme necessary for professional tennis, and by the time she became a teenager she was entered in her first competition. In 1997 she entered the Wimbledon championship in the UK, and made it to the semifinals, and this began her ascent to celebritydom. In 1998, she entered the Paris Indoors and while she only reached the fourth round, her rise to superstar status was complete. While her good looks, fit body and blonde hair undoubtably got her noticed by the press, her tennis wasn't too shabby either: her fastest serve was clocked at 111.2 mph.
Anna became known as the "Britney Spears of Tennis", and began cultivating a personal fame beyond her on-court performances. At age 19 she got a small, but noticeable, part in Me, Myself & Irene (2000) playing a Motel Manager. She also appeared and played Enrique's girlfriend in Enrique Iglesias's music video "Escape" (see link below). Anna was voted the Sexiest Woman in the World in FHM's 100 Sexiest Girls poll for 2002. While her tennis was not quite living up to what many saw as her potential, she was on top of the world.
In September of 2003, Anna sustained an injury to her lower back and worked as an on-site reporter for the U.S. networks coverage of the U.S. Open. But in March 2004 she was forced to retire from the professional circuit due to chronic lower back trouble. While she has never won a WTA singles title, she did win 2 Australian Open doubles titles with Martina Hingis. But her unfilfilled potential, coupled with her willingness to indulge and encourage her off-court adoration, left many accusing Anna of simply using tennis, and her good looks, as a means to an end. Some of this is surely down to sour grapes - it must sting for some atheletes with greater achievements under their belts to get fewer endorsements. The fact that more attractive people get more attention is hardly a news flash. Under this is the unspoken implication that, if women were in charge, this wouldn't happen. Well, it wouldn't happen to Kournikova, that's for sure. But are we to believe that a TV network run by women would give equal time to less attractive male tennis players? A discussion for another day, perhaps. Suffice to say that many critics of people who were "fans of Kournikova, rather than fans of tennis" seem to happily forget the way female viewership for the sport exploded when Bjorn Borg arrived on the scene. And the backlash against David Beckham was never as extreme and vitriolic. Should Anna shoulder some of the blame in her own downfall? Perhaps. The diva crown seemed to fit a little too easily, and no one had to try too hard to get her to pose in Sports Illustrated or FHM. But let's not forget that the media were the ones who willingly put her on the TV and in the magazines. And no one was holding a gun to their head either.
"I'm beautiful, famous and gorgeous."
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