ANNA KOURNIKOVA AND EXPECTATIONS.
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 very well. Look at Lipton, on clay she beat the best clay court players, Hingis, Majoli, Sanchez already twice on clay. So, indoor she has to learn something about indoor tennis and she is fine, she is going to be fine. Step after step.”
Pavel Slozil, August, 1998
“Anna Kournikova just needs to cut back on her errors, to play with more discipline and patience.”
Eric Van Harpen
“Anna Kournikova has a solid all-round game. She can do anything. She can come to the net and she can be aggressive from the baseline… I rate her as a potential grand slam singles champion. She has an amazing game.”
Amanda Coetzer, October, 2001
– “…you like to work with people that have ability and with people that really want to work — and Anna Kournikova does. She’s one of the most talented girls in terms of doing different things with the ball — slice, drop shots, topspin lobs and playing at the net. And she’s very quick on her feet. Anna Kournikova has all those assets and generates an enormous amount of power for a girl who’s not that big.”
Harold Solomon
