So how does the woman who had more hits on the Internet than with a racket analyze it at age 28?
“I think it was cool,” she said. “I got to drink soda and chew gum and travel around the world.”
Sure, she never won a major championship. But Kournikova feels she doesn’t have to defend her career.
“It’s true. It’s statistics,” she said. “But I look at my other statistics and they perfectly, happily satisfy me.”
EAGER FANS
Under the lights on the temporary court, Kournikova hit balls into the crowd as a throng of photographers snapped away.
She was gracious and chatted with fans as she signed autographs after the WTT event. One autograph per fan ages 16 and younger.
Kournikova was about to step into a van at 10:42pm, seemingly well past last call for the little ones, when a small girl came running up to her, shouting “Anna! Anna!” They briefly chatted and discovered a shared love of turtles.
Time for bed, then off to Washington for the next WTT event.
Her wrist injury will keep her off the court.
But the fans don’t care. She’s still Anna Kournikova.
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