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Anna Kournikova
Born:
Anna Kournikova,
June 7, 1981,
Moscow, Russia
Nickname: Murzik ("my little pet" in Russian)
Current residence:
Miami, Florida, USA
Height: 5' 8 1/4"
Weight: 123 lbs.
Ancestry: Russian
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Anna's parents travel with her and coach her.
Father: Sergei, professional wrestler and part time tennis coach
Mother: Alla, now Anna's personal advisor.
Lucky Number: 81. |
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Anna Kournikova, born
in Moscow, June 7, 1981, began playing tennis at age five, when
she found tennis racquets among her gifts under the Christmas tree.
She was coached by the best and her talent showed right from the
start.
At eleven,
she signed a management deal which brought her to Florida to train
at coach Nick Bolletierri's famed tennis academy. Shortly after
turning 15, Anna burst onto the pro scene after much media fanfare
by reaching the fourth round in her first Grand Slam tournament,
the '96 U.S. Open, and the semifinals of her debut at Wimbledon
in '97.
The 19-year-old
Russian has beaten virtually every top player in the women's field
and is the only player in the past 15 years to have defeated four
consecutive top ten players in a single tournament, which she did
on her way to the '98 final in Key Biscayne, Fla.
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"Those
who work hard deserve their success."
Motivational Training Technique: Chocolate Ice Cream.
"I'm not saying that tomorrow I'm going to be No. 1 or tomorrow
I'm going to be this or tomorrow I'm going to be that. I'm just
going to keep working and whenever it happens, it happens. I know
that I'm working hard, and that's it. You never know what's going
to happen tomorrow. Maybe it's the end of the world..."
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