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Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (born 7 June 1981) is a Russian professional tennis player and model. Her celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis players worldwide. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name one of the most common search strings on the Internet search engine Google.
Although also successful in singles, reaching No. 8 in the world in 2000, Kournikova's specialty has been doubles, where she has at times been the World No. 1 player. With Martina Hingis as her partner, she won Grand Slam titles in Australia in 1999 and 2002. Based on their looks, Hingis and Kournikova facetiously referred to themselves as the "Spice Girls of Tennis." Kournikova's professional tennis career has been curtailed for the past several years, and possibly ended, by serious back and spinal problems. She currently resides in Miami Beach, Florida, and plays in occasional exhibitions and in doubles for the St. Louis Aces of World Team Tennis. -- Wikipedia
Here are some shots of Anna Kournikova just killing it in a yellow bikini in St Barts. She even give us a little look at her shaved snatch which make these the most awesome tennis-related pictures in the history of the world. Makes you really think of how much the paparazzi who got these shots got paid--anything less than $2 million and it's a robbery.
These pictures are over five years old already, having been taken last January 5, 2005 (see exif metadata) with a Nikon D2H. Miss Kournikova is arguably pretty much the hottest thing from the former Soviet Union since Chernobyl (apologies to Maria Sharapova). You could put her in a burka and her hotness would still shine through.
Anyway, these are some of the best long-lens paparazzi pictures of all time.
Note: There was creative input by yours truly, just a tad of post-process tweaking.
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