Anna Kournikova 1997 US Open First Round Post Match Interview
First round USTA 1997 US Open at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Monday, August 25, 1997 Anna Kournikova defeated Sabine Appelmans, 6-2, 6-0.
Post match interview with Anna Kournikova
Q. Can you just talk about your match today and how that sort of sets you on […]

Third round 1997 French Open at Roland Garros, Paris, France, on Saturday, May 31, 1997 Martina Hingis defeated Anna Kournikova [rank 47], 6-1, 6-3
Post match interview With Anna Kournikova
Q: Anna, Martina seemed to mix it up a lot today with slower balls, dropshots. Do you find it hard to get a rhythm?
ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Well, you […]

Second round French Open at Roland Garros, Paris, France, on Thursday, May 29, 1997 Anna Kournikova [rank 47] defeated Sandra Cecchini, 6-2, 6-2
An Interview With Anna Kournikova
Q: How do you think you’re playing so far?
ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Well, so far I think I played very well. I feel comfortable out there. I didn’t have any problems. […]

The second round Wimbledon Tennis Championships at, England, on July 1, 1997 Anna Kournikova [rank 42] defeated Helena Sukova, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
An Interview With Anna Kournikova
Q: What does it feel like to be in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon?
ANNA KOURNIKOVA: I feel unbelievable right now. I feel very happy, and I’m very happy with the way […]

At first round Wimbledon Tennis Championship 1997, Anna Kournikova [rank 42] defeated Chanda Rubin, 6-1, 6-1.
Post Match Interview With Anna Kournikova
Q: Were you surprised how easily you won?
ANNA KOURNIKOVA: Well, it was very difficult match for me. I mean, I was getting ready for it as for a tough match and I think, you know, […]

Question: Can Anna Kournikova be as good as Steffi…?
“I don’t think anybody can win 21 Grand Slam tournaments anymore. But I hope Anna Kournikova can win — she is good on every surface. She can play very well on grass, very well. I think it is the best surface, probably. Hard courts, she is playing […]

Question: …do you believe she [Anna Kournikova] can get to the Top 10 again?
“Well, she definitely has the game. Anna Kournikova has the strokes. You know, sometimes she rushes a little bit too much. I mean, she was able to beat Top-10 players in the past. She beat me once. She beat Lindsay. She beat […]

By 1993, Anna Kournikova was winning titles in the “18s” tournaments, which is for girls 18 or younger, and the St. Petersburg Times referred to her as “the latest teen phenom”. Then Anna Kournikova was 11 years old.
In his book Topspin, Elliot Berry describes watching Anna playing in the US Open Juniors in 1994:
There were […]

As Anna Kournikova developed her skills, Monica Seles, who preceded her at the Bolletieri Academy, was the player she most respected.
At the 2002 Pan-Pacific Open semifinals Anna Kournikova was defeated by Monica Seles. In the post-match interview Anna Kournikova said
“Well, Monica has always been the player that I have admired since […]

Famous players who have attended the Bolletieri Academy include Martina Hingis, Monica Seles, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Mary Pierce, Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, and Andre Agassi.
Anna Kournikova was still 10 when she was enrolled in the IMG-owned Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida, in Feburary, 1992.
Anna Kournikova had only been at the academy a […]