Friday, July 17, 2009

Top Celebrity Anna Kournikova visits Springfield

As a part of World Team Tennis, the Springfield Lasers have brought in a number of well-known players over the years from Martina Navratilova to John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Monica Seles, Lindsey Davenport, and Maria Sharapova.


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But few of those players would have caused a large turn-out had they not even taken the court to play, and that's just what happened on Friday night when 28 year-old Anna Kournikova came to Springfield as a member of the St. Louis Aces.


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Because of a wrist injury, Anna couldn't participate in the match, but maybe that was somewhat appropriate when you consider that she is just as well-known for her off-court image as she's known for what she's accomplished on the court.


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Born in Moscow, Kournikova began making waves in tennis at age 15. And despite being ranked as high as 8th in singles in 2000, she never won a WTA event by herself. She did team with Martina Hingis to win two grand slams in women's doubles, but by then Kournikova was becoming even more well-known as a model, appearing in hundreds of magazines and showing up in movies and music videos.


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She was also named as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People magazine, so even though she couldn't play, it did not keep a crowd of over 1,600 from turning out just to get an autograph and picture at Springfield's Cooper Tennis Complex.


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Anna also conducted a youth tennis clinic for children from the Springfield Boys and Girls Club, and you can see footage from that clinic as well as Kournikova's comments on a number of topics in the accompanying vide