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Anna Kournikova: Tennis Competition
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The main difference between Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova is the simple little fact that Maria Sharapova is actually good at tennis. Though Anna is the most popular/famous tennis player in the universe, she's never even won a Grand Slam title. Not that anybody really even cares about her tennis playing abilities though. As long as she's blonde and looks decent in a bikini, America will embrace her as the greatest tennis sensation since Pete Sampras.
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Chicago Sun-Times columnist Elliot Harris took advantage of the fact that Anna Kournikova would be traveling to Chicago in February for a tennis exhibition at the Sears Centre to place a phone call to the former female tennis sensation. Who could blame him?
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Anna Kournikova's talent was first discovered when she played at a weekly children's sports program at the age of 5, thanks to the racket she received from her parents for Christmas. She started to play and practice more often, in places such as Moscow's Soklniki Park and the prestigious Spartak Tennis Club, despite the fact that her family was far from wealthy.
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Anna Kournikova isn't just a tennis player or a pretty blonde. Anna is an icon; a symbol of modern society's values; a tool used to draw otherwise indifferent men (and women too, surprisingly enough) to women's tennis -- the "lite" version of the testosterone-driven men's tennis tour.
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Guide Note: Anna Kournikova was a professional tennis player. Although she achieved mediocre success with her career in tennis, she is widely appreciated more for her attractive looks as a model than as a professional player.
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At ages 13 and 14, Kournikova made headlines in international junior tennis, winning several tournaments including the 1995 Italian Open. She was 14 years old when she ended 1995 as Junior European Champion Under 18 and ITF Junior World Champion Under 18.
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