March 31, 2002
SORRY / BILD "Anna's losing her magic aura"
Thanks Alex - my "news" from yesterday were WRONG - Anna didn't say "I really need to think long and hard about this. But I haven't made my mind up yet." - it was MARTINA back in early 2001 and afterwards she focused on her Singles until teaming up with Anna in San Diego! THANX ALEX for the Information, I appreciate it!

BILD "Anna's losing her magic aura": Well, if you understand german take a look at the very very very nice article about Anna today written by my very very good friend Matthias Brügelman who wrote absolutely F**-Reports in the past! Basically the report says that Anna is a constant loser and has proven this in her last 100 successless tournaments. Also the Hamburg Tournament Director is quoted - if Anna is ranked 150th and a joke on the court in the future then the hype around her will soon be gone!

I KNOW that Anna is a shadow of her own AT THE MOMENT but I am hoping that she is aware of this and is thinking about her game and what the REASONS for this Downfall are. But this report is really Bulls*** once again! Thanx BILD!

They also mention that Anna is STILL ranked 4th in the Appearance fee-list - 100000 Euro she reportedly gets for simply attending a Tournament. Well, possible. I don't know!

March 30, 2002
ESCAPE moves up
In the current german Singles charts Enrique's "Escape" is ranked 6th! Well, hopefully there are Tennis-News to publish soon!

March 28, 2002
Martina again pulled out of Doubles, again due to Injury / MTV Making the Video at 10:30 CET tomorrow / MESSAGEBOARD / ACE magazine
Unfortunately Martina pulled out of Doubles in Key Biscayne, once again due to injury (both should have played Dementieva/Husarova in the quarters). According to a WTA Report it is "right plantar fascitis, a strained tendon running along the sole of her foot"! However, in the Interview after her Loss to Serena she said "...trying to play Doubles" but also "I have to focus on myself again" - So I am starting to ask myself if Martina is still the ideal Doubles partner for Anna anymore!!! Why? The women's game gets more and more competitive and powerful and it isn't anymore like back in 99 where Martina was able to be a top Singles player as well as a top Doubles player! But due to the fact that Anna NEEDS match practise (read her latest Interview after her loss vs Daniilidou) and won't get any competitive match right now until Amelia Island (starts April 8, 2002) the question must be: "Is Martina still the best Doubles choice for Anna?"!!! What is your opinion??

After all, this is disappointing once again - Martina now pulled out of the Doubles competition with Anna for the 4th (!!) time just THIS YEAR (Sydney, Tokyo, Indian Wells, Key Biscayne)! Frustrating but don't get me wrong: Martina blames injury for her decision and I don't doubt this in general - it is just frustrating for Anna because she doesn't get the match practise she really needs to find back her rhyhtm and form!

MTV Making the Video at 10:30 CET tomorrow: I already was lucky that I turned on MTV today at 17:00 CET - MAKING THE VIDEO of Enrique Iglesias' "Escape" - Anna has a great sense of humour but I will never like what she did in this Video! Anyway, hard for me but HER decision. She is an absolutely awesome person for sure and of course I am a bit jealous, too.

YOU can see this "Access all areas: Making the Video" TOMORROW, Saturday March 30, 2002 from 10:30 to 11:00 CET!

MESSAGEBOARD: Okay, the Poll about the Messageboard wasn't active very long but HERE YOU HAVE IT - the

Anna Kournikova Forever Site FORUM

ACE magazine: Anna on the cover and compared to other 7 russian players who have "passed her by". Headline: "Is it all ova?" Website

March 27, 2002
Anna confirmed to play Hamburg - WONDERFUL / Doubles QF tomorrow
What an outstanding day for me - ANNA CONFIRMED TO PLAY AT HAMBURG (April 29 - May 5, 2002)! Hamburger Morgenpost | Hamburger Abendblatt | Yahoo 1 | Yahoo 2 | Sport 1 | BILD ! This is absolutely fabulous because now I am able to see her in 2 consecutive weeks LIVE. I already ordered a ticket for Tuesday April 30 (you cannot order tickets for monday for whatsoever reason). Order YOUR Ticket ("Kundennummer" doesn't need to be typed in)

Doubles QF tomorrow: Anna and Martina will play their Doubles Quarterfinal match at Key Biscayne tomorrow. Today's schedule

March 25, 2002 (II)
Spice Girls defeat Schett/Farina Elia in 2 sets / Anna at Hamburg 2002? / Anna at Haas-Match
Great work Spice Girls - 6:3,6:3-victory vs Schett/Farina Elia in the 2nd Round Doubles Match! Anna and Martina lead 3:0 in the 2nd and it was an relatively easy victory for them. Now they are in the Quarterfinal already but I couldn't find out their opponents yet. This QF-Match will most likely take place on Thursday!

Anna at Hamburg 2002?: Thanx to Christian Mönch - he told me to take a look at SAT1-Videotext-Page 206...! According to Infos there Anna gets a Wildcard for the Tournament in Hamburg at the end of April!!! If she plays there like in 2000 I will be there, too. HOPEFULLY!

Anna at Haas-Match: Anna has been spotted sitting in the audience next to Nick Bollettieri during Haas' Match vs Pavel! Reportedly she cheered a lot for Tommy but hey, both know each other since years because both trained at Bollettieris famous Tennis Academy for years. More here (also a small pic there)

March 25, 2002
Straight sets win for Spice Girls in 1st Round / Eurosport-F***K
Anna and Martina won their 1st Round Doubles match vs Irvin/Stevenson in straight sets 7:5,6:2! In the 1st set both struggled with their serve but in the 2nd everything went how everyone expected. In the 2nd Round the "Spice Girls" will meet Barbara Schett and Silvia Farina Elia! This match is scheduled for today on Court 1 once again. The Schedule:

Court 1 - Match play starts at 11am

Federer vs Portas
Haas vs Pavel
Farina Elia vs Seles
Raymond/Stubbs vs Navratilova/Zvereva
Anna/Martina vs Farina Elia/Schett

It might be good that Farina Elia has a tough Singles match before the Doubles match, she might be a bit tired after her match vs Seles. Both Doubles teams last met back in Moscow last year (October 5, 2001) in the semifinal - Anna and Martina easily won 6:1,6:1 on route to their 10th Doubles Title as a team! So if nothing unpredictable happens Anna and Martina shouldn't have much problems with Babsi and Farina Elia! Full today's schedule | estimated start time of the match: 23:30-1:00 CET (depending on how long the other matches will take)!

Eurosport-F***K: SORRY - I've read in a german TV magazine that there SHOULD be a Portrait of Anna at 16h45 CET today but obviously Eurosport just showed the normal Eurosport Newsreport and NOTHING ELSE - sorry, it wasn't my fault. Blame the TV magazine for it!

March 24, 2002
1st Round Doubles today on Court 1 / bild.de
Anna and Martina play Doubles 1st Round today vs Irvin/Stevenson. They play on Court 1, see the schedule for this Court:

Match play starts at 11am (complete today's schedule)

Escude vs Chela
Irvin vs Shaughnessy
Maleeva vs Stevenson
Reeves vs Seles
Anna/Martina vs Irvin/Stevenson

Very interesting that both, Irvin AND Stevenson, have to play Singles before. Martina also has to play Singles on Grandstand prior to this Doubles match but Poutchek shouldn't be such a tough opponent. So the freshest player obviously should be Anna - hopefully both can stay on the winning road! Both haven't lost a Doubles match this year so far - in Sydney Final Martina withdrew and both didn't play the Final (9 wins in 2002)!

bild.de: What wonderful reports from BILD again (ironic) - Anna and Marat Safin | Anna continues to be successless | Fans are angry because of ESCAPE (all reports in German)

March 23, 2002
No Doubles today / Bye Munich / Martina,Ashley,Eleni about Anna / Comment
Iand Martina don't play Doubles today although I thought it would be today! Well, of course I am still frustrated about Anna's loss against Daniilidou.

Bye Munich: The WTA finally decided that the season-ending Tournament (Sanex Championships) will take place in the USA again - in Los Angeles, Staples Center! A very fair decision - 6 of 10 people are from the USA!! Nothing more to say about...

Martina,Ashley,Eleni about Anna: Read interesting things what other players recently had to say about Anna - Martina Hingis:

Q. Speaking of Anna, how much time has your mum actually spent helping her on the court?

MARTINA HINGIS: It's more for the doubles also that she tells her a few things in the singles. But she has a very demanding schedule. I mean, she's playing like almost every week. So, helping on the court, sometimes it's more difficult to -- for a player to also really use it in the matches. So, I mean, she's using it sometimes, but especially in the doubles. I mean, it's worked very well. But singles is still a different story. It's also believing in it and believing in yourself that you can do it.

I agree with Martina - Anna has to regain confindence and has to believe again in her SERVE and her game in general!

ELENI DANIILIDOU:

Q. Seemed like the crowd was really behind Anna. Did that bother you at all?

ELENI DANIILIDOU: No. I knew it from the beginning anyway. I mean, she's a great player, she's a big name. Anyway, I have some, let's say, Greek friends outside who really help me. And I was positive in the court, but Anna make more mistake in the match. And when she make the mistake, I was there and I finish the point.

Q. Well, I will say that you could be the next Anna Kournikova in looks. You're very pretty. So, I do believe you beat Anna Kournikova twice: On the field, and being very beautiful, too.

ELENI DANIILIDOU: I mean, as I said before, I played really good today and I played my game and I was every point fighting almost. Almost, except two, three games, I lose concentration. But in the first set I felt a little bit my legs and I probably pull a little bit the muscle.

Q. Could you tell that Anna was getting a little frustrated out there?

ELENI DANIILIDOU: Probably, yeah. Probably. Maybe she feel a little press, I mean she's playing in the country of here. I think it's normal.

But as I say in the beginning, I mean, I was there and finally she make more mistake than me.

Eleni won't become a second Anna because Anna is unique!

ASHLEY HARKLEROAD:

Q. Do you like the comparisons of America's version of Kournikova at this point?

ASHLEY HARKLEROAD: No, not really.

Q. Why not?

ASHLEY HARKLEROAD: I'm not really like her. I'm a whole different person. I don't think she's very friendly. And, you know, she's very pretty, but I mean, I try and be more perky I guess. I don't know. I just try and enjoy it. I haven't really talked to her, but I don't really think I'm like her that much.

Q. I mean, kind of --?

ASHLEY HARKLEROAD: Looks-wise?

Q. Yeah.

ASHLEY HARKLEROAD: I try not to focus on that that much.

Q. When you're saying she's not very friendly, is that a personal experience?

ASHLEY HARKLEROAD: I mean, I don't know. I mean, I just don't really see her talking that much to people in the locker room. But I don't know.

Q. She's never won, yet she's won millions of dollars --?

ASHLEY HARKLEROAD: Yeah, but she's a good tennis player though. Top 10 in the world, you have to give her some credit. She's done good. It's not easy out there. I think she's a good player. I don't think she cares too much if she's won a major tennis tournament or anything.

She doesn't see Anna talking much in the locker room with others - how often has she seen Anna there on the WTA Tour so far????! At least she gives her credit for being a world-class tennisplayer!
(Thanx to saff76ar and juggler for posting these quotes)

Comment: Who else is wondering about these STUPID questions Anna was asked after her Loss vs Daniilidou??? I mean how many million times she was already asked if she is distracted by the public hype around her??? Why is no one asking her if she intends to hire a COACH????! Really ridiculous questions in the end of the Interview after the loss vs Eleni!

March 22, 2002
The crisis is there - 5:7,3:6-Defeat against Daniilidou / 1st Round-pictures / Anna-Songs
I was thinking about how to begin this News-Report but I still don't know it! Anna lost 5:7,3:6 against little known Eleni Daniilidou in the 1st Round of the Nasdaq 100 Open. It must have been (another) real bad performance by Anna with many many unforced errors (23 in the 1st set) and Anna doesn't seem to be able to hold her service at the moment. I am so frustrated that I am really speechless right now. I totally agree with STEAM who started this Discussion-Thread about this terrible Defeat! Quotes from there: "She's turning into a joke" (carling), "seems happy losing" (Oct_1), "everyone is progressing, but Anna isn't" - ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!

But have a look at the Interview. Some comments from Anna which are really hardly to understand for me: "I think that the reason for this loss is that I don't have enough matches" => WHAT??? Start winning Anna and you will get more matches! It is normal that when you exit touraments in the 1st Rounds (especially 2-week-Tournaments) you don't play very often! And: "Just have to start playing more and that's it" => Ridiculous Anna. Is this really what you are thinking?? I doubt this! YOU HAVE TO GET A COACH AND WORK ON YOUR GAME, especially your weak service! YOU HAVE TO REBUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE. You can train 24 hours a day but if you don't work on your weaknesses NOTHING will ever change!

I was really frightened that I could wake up this morning and Anna lost in 2 sets and doesn't realize that something has to change IMMEDIATELY - Well, the nightmare has become truth! ANNA, WHAT ELSE HAS TO HAPPEN THAT YOU FINALLY REALIZE THAT YOU NEED A REAL COACH????

1st Round-Pictures (showing nothing than an disappointed Anna - unbearable): Pic 1 | Pic 2 | Pic 3 | Pic 4 | Pic 5 | Pic 6 | Pic 7

Anna-Songs: Christian Mueller did a great job - he found 6 Songs about lovely Anna. Thanx for providing the links

March 21, 2002
Anna vs Daniilidou at 7:00pm / Anna and Martina play Doubles / Training Picture / Adidas-Climacool-Commercial / Sorry / AWARDED
Anna vs Eleni Daniilidou from Greece takes place TODAY at 7:00pm on Stadium court! This is Anna's first match back in Miami (the 5th biggest Tournament of the season, biggest after the 4 Slams) since March 27, 2000 where she lost in the Round of 16 vs Monica Seles 1-6,6-3,0-6! I have read that Daniilidou is able to play more powerful than Anna so she should be warned. OF COURSE has all the abilities necessary to win against Daniilidou and set up a match against Capriati in the 2nd Round but this relatively unknown first round opponent is definitely no easy opponent for Anna. For me as a German this means that the match starts at 1:00 am CET Friday morning. Full Schedule for today

Anna and Martina play Doubles: Both confirmed to play Doubles at the Nasdaq 100 Open and their first round opponents are Marissa Irvin (USA) & Alexandra Stevenson (USA)! Anna and Martina are seeded 6th!

Training Picture: Wonderful Training Picture from Anna at the Miami-Tournament

Adidas-Climacool-Commercial: See Annas Appearance in the new Adidas-Commercial for the Clima Cool Sports shoes. Windows Media Player | Quicktime 5 (if both links don't work try this and go "Clima Cool" and you will find it within a few clicks)

Sorry: I apologise for the lack of updates during the weeks concerning Interviews, Articles etc but I have still problems with accessing many many Files on my old PC! But I am trying to fix the problem as soon as possible!

AWARDED: Thanx to all who voted for me and my site. I was informed yesterday that I won the "best german Anna Kournikova-Site"-Award - THANK YOU!

March 19, 2002
Anna faces Daniilidou / Anna&Porsche / Anna's house?
Anna faces Eleni Daniilidou in the 1st round of the Nasdaq 100 Open in Miami! Who is Daniilidou? may be your question! Well, I also know hardly anthing about her but she won at least 1 set against Capriati in the 3rd Round of this year's Aussie Open!! Anna shouldn't underestimate her but for sure she won't! In the 2nd Round Anna would face Jennifer Capriati!!! Once again not an easy draw for Anna but unlike Venus Anna has already beaten Capriati several times - last time in an Exhibition at Tampa on December 14, 2001! So Anna should know how to beat Capriati! But first of all she has to win against Daniilidou (from Greece) which shouldn't be quite easy as it may look! Full Singles Main Draw | Discuss the Draw

I don't know if this match vs Daniilidou will take place tomorrow or on Thursday - check back the "Daily Schedule" here to stay keep infor

March 19, 2002
Anna&Porsche: In the SUN they have a small report about Anna dressed totally white getting out of her white Porsche, most likely in Miami today or yesterday. Click the wonderful picture below

Anna's house?: A picture of what is reportedly ANNA'S HOUSE AT SUNSET ISLAND can be found on the net but I decided not to post neither a link nor the picture here. If you guys really want to see it I am sure you will find out even without my help! Please respect Anna's privacy!

March 18, 2002
Miami-Draw today / new Rankings / Omega-Dubai 02
Later today the Draw for the Nasdaq 100 Open will be done. I will publish it as soon as it is out!

Hopefully Anna gets a favourable draw but on the other hand she also had a quite good draw in Indian Wells but she simply couldn't win against Osterloh. Hopefully Anna doesn't have another "black day" in her 1st Round-match in this important TierI-Tournament!

new Rankings: Anna improved her Singles Ranking by 2 spots today and is currently ranked 65th in the world. Hopefully she can secure more points in Miami! In Doubles Anna also moved up 2 places to 13 despite that she didn't play Doubles since winning the Aussie Open on January 25, 2002! In the "Race to the Championships" Anna unfortunately lost 3 places and is now ranked 12th in Singles with a total of 481 points. In Doubles she remains No3 together with Martina Hingis and 975 points!

Omega-Dubai 02: Unbelievable - there was another presentation at an Omega store and I didn't find it out until now!!! Anna was at the Omega-Store in the landmark "City Centre" shopping mall in Dubai on February 18, 2002 (one day before her 1st match there against Sfar). Report | Pic 1 | Pic 2 | Pic 3 | Pic 4 | Pic 5

March 16, 2002
Martina about Anna / Anna at Acapulco-Interview / Berlin - I am coming / News policy changed / Eurosport / German Charts / anna-fans.com / Mailinglist available again
I found this Interview with Martina Hingis today - most likely from Indian Wells:

"Q. You've been playing with Anna this year. Do you see any progression from last summer to now or do you think she's kind of stuck in a place where her body hasn't come back?

MARTINA HINGIS: She played a lot of tournaments this year so far.

Q. No great results, though.

MARTINA HINGIS: She played well at two semifinals at the smaller tournaments. The other ones - actually, Tokyo she made semis where she beat Dementieva. She missed like last season. Like eight months is a long time to get back into the shape she was before. Also I think mentally it's always going to be more difficult to believe in herself, that she really can win a tournament or just come back and play well, because those girls she's been playing, they improved, as well. She would have to step it up another notch, too. It just comes slowly by surely. I'm practicing with her. I try to help her. Playing doubles with her. It will take some time probably.

Q. But do you believe she can get to the Top 10 again?

MARTINA HINGIS: Well, she definitely has the game. She 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 other ones. She made the finals of Key Biscayne and Hilton Head. She's had the game. Semis Wimbledon, right. She's still young, too. She's even younger than me.

...

Q. Some have suggested in the cold light of day if Anna doesn't get a professional level coach at this point, make progress, she could have real problems with her career.

MARTINA HINGIS: Sometimes it's all about the attitude, too. You just have to have professional surroundings. I think her mom, it's great that she's still around, and her dad. She had professional people. She tried to have a fitness trainer and massage therapist at all the tournaments. You know, she did a lot of work. Her game needs to be assessed to what she could do, you know. Even my mom is helping her out, too."

A very very interesting assessment from Martina I think who doesn't blame Anna for not having won a Singles Title yet. But she also says that Anna's game has to be assessed right now! Interesting but not really new: Melanie (Martina's mom) is helping Anna as well - in the next couple of months both will play almost all tournaments together so both can train together and Anna will definitely get her game together again!

Anna at Acapulco-Interview: I found an interesting article (Thanx to saff76ar) out of ACAPULCO CLUB magazine (ESP):

This is what it basically says: She tried to be nice to the press all the time and gave interviews after each match with the exception of the last match against Srebotnik. She had 10 bodyguards that didn't let people get near her in a 2 meters distance; she didn't care that people went to her games to watch her body as long as they went and enjoyed the tennis as well, her life was the same as any other teenager the only difference is that she's been playing since she was 5, she has no idea what she'd do if she weren't playing tennis.

She was asked about the video rumours: "I don't know why they keep calling me a model, those activities don't take much of my time and they don't affect my training. I did most of my publicity stuff while I was injured and now that I'm fully recovered I'll dedicate myself a 100% to tennis and I'm really looking forward to the summer tournaments, to take part in them and and climb up in the ranking."

She said she was going to play there again next year and would try to convince Martina to do so as well.

Berlin - I am coming: Anna committed to play there and so I will be there too - see my ticket for the opening monday of the German Open!

News policy changed: I looked at the News I published during the last few days and was SHOCKED - only gossip, Enrique-Stuff and almost NO tennis-related things. Okay, there weren't many Tennis-News at all but anyway - annaforever.de concentrates mainly on ONCOURT-Anna and so I decided to split the News into "Oncourt News" and "Offcourt News" below! In the Offcourt-Section I also try to be less "emotional" than I was until now! I will provide you with Links I find but I will turn my focus more to ONCOURT-News right now! In the "more news"-pages both kinds of News will be stored together.

Bravo-TV today / Eurosport-Portrait / German Charts / anna-fans.com / Mailinglist availabe again
If you are interested in News about ESCAPE make sure you watch "BravoTV" this afternoon (around 15:00 CET) on RTL2 (german TV channel)! I don't know exactly what they will show but I heard last week that they will feature a report about ESCAPE!

Eurosport: On March 24, 2002 at 16:45 CET Eurosport will show a 15-minute-portrait of Anna Kournikova.

German Charts: Currently ESCAPE is ranked 9th in the german Singles Charts!

anna-fans.com: From now on I will also do the news on anna-fans.com!

Mailinglist available again: I reinstalled the Mailinglist again! Please subscribe again with you email-Address so that you receive the Mailinglist again!

March 15, 2002
PICTURES OF ANNA&ENRIQUE / Stories / Amelia Island-Commitment
Now I saw the first two pictures from ANNA AND ENRIQUE AT A ROMANTIC DINNER - alloverpress.com - go "Login to Site" and at "Search for" type in "Anna Kournikova" - there you will find the pictures! According to the Date they were made this must have been on monday at Toronto, most likely after Enrique's concert there. Although the pics aren't very sharp I think you can recognize both and really say that these are Anna and Enrique! (Thanx to Irene who provided me with these Details)

So, I am a little bit frustrated because NOW it really seems that both have an ongoing relationship...and I liked Sergej much more as a partner for Anna! But in the end it is her life and if she's happy then it is ok!

Stories: Well, some "news" about the "story of the week" - ANNA AT ENRIQUE'S TORONTO-CONCERT - According to a translated spanish report about this concert Anna was there but Enrique didn't know it (?!?!?!)! Then he spotted her in one of the front rows and advised his staff to bring her to the backstage area where both reportedly talked with each other and afterwards disappeared together (most likely to the restaurant for the so-called "romantic dinner"). More

In another version of her Toronto-concert-appearance Janie (wtaworld.com-registered User) said that Anna HAD to attend the concert due to her contract she signed for the musicvideo. This contract should include "continuing publicity appearances for Enrique's Album" stated Janie! More

Amelia Island-Commitment: Anna is on the Commitments-List for the Amelia Island-Tournament which runs from April 8-14, 2002!

March 14, 2002
Anna to play Hamburg? / Concerts / UK-Spot in TV / Rankings / Award-Voting
Will Anna play in Hamburg (April 29 - May 5)?! The Commitments are out (wtaworld.com - General) and Anna isn't on that list but okay, the list is dated February 14, 2002 so the last word isn't spoken yet. I think if Anna decides to play there she can still request a wildcard a few days before the Tournament starts! Hopefully she plays there because then I would be there, too.

Concerts: More and more people are saying in messageboards (Anna's and Enrique's) that Anna HAS BEEN SEEN at the Toronto-Concert on Monday March 11! Accordingly to what I have read Anna flew to Toronto straight before Enrique's concert and was spotted at the Side Control Panel during the concert! I also heard that she has been seen in Montreal on Tuesday.

Like I said yesterday - I haven't seen pictures yet but more and more people are saying that she WAS there. Why should they lie??? Anna has this week off and after the Sushibar- and Boottrip-pics I really don't know what to think right now. After all: It is Anna's life and she can do whatever she wants but personally I don't like him and this probably will never change!

UK-Spot in TV: In RTL-punkt12-VIP (german TV channel) there was a small report about Anna's UK-Adidas-Commercial - beautiful Anna! It is likely that other TV magazines also feature reports today: ZDF "Leute heute" (17:45 CET), RTL "Exclusiv" (18:30 CET), SAT1 "Blitz" (19:00 CET)! Watch these shows and perhaps you also see a report like the one I have just seen!

Rankings: Anna will improve her Singles Ranking by moving up to 65 next monday when the new Singles Rankings are released after Indian Wells is over! Why? She only scored 1 point with her 1st Round-Defeat against Osterloh but due to the fact that she hasn't played 17 Tournaments yet ALL points count. Plus she has no points to defend from last year! Sidenote: The WTA Ranking System says that within a year only the points out of the 17 best Tournament performances count for the Ranking position!

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March 13, 2002
Bollettieri advices Anna to hire a coach / UK-Adidas-Commercial / Anna at concerts?
Nick Bollettieri talked about Anna at tennisreporters.net and there she advised her to HIRE A NEW COACH. He spoke to her recently and admitted that both, Anna and Alla, "aren't silly" and are well aware of the coaching problem. He also said that Anna should hire a new coach within a year otherwise it would be "too late"! More

In my opinion Anna should finally hire a new coach, everyone says that this would be the best and so do I. It is obvious that the current coaching situation isn't the best solution. So Anna, GET A NEW COACH and improve your serve as well as your match strategy (bring your brilliant abilities at the NET into your Singles play more as you did in the past)!

UK-Adidas-Commercial: According to Steam Anna only shows up in the end of this commercial for about 5 seconds but anyway - Daily Mail-Article | Daily Mail-Picture | german BILD-article (also in the printed Version today)

Anna at concerts?: It was reported yesterday by the Toronto SUN that Anna was seen in the audience of Enrique's concert in Toronto and according to OCT she was also seen at the Montreal-concert yesterday (one member of the enriqueiglesias.com-Fan Forum reportedly said this)!

Well, once again I have to say that I don't believe ANYTHING someone reportedly has seen until I see PICTURES as a proof! For the time being all this stuff is just unconfirmed and I doubt it!

March 12, 2002
More about Anna & Enrique (sorry,no other news)
Yes, you are still on annforever.de! I just read at this Thread on wtaworld.com that REPORTEDLY Enrique was in the official Tokyo-Tournament-Hotel when Anna played there at the end of January 2002.

Well, I would like to present more reliable and TENNIS-News but I couldn't find any. My opinion hasn't changed - as long as I don't hear anything from Anna (and SEE her saying this) saying whether the relationship-rumors are true or false I DON'T believe all this gossip published by SUN etc.!

Oh SUN - according to the TORONTO SUN Anna was spotted in the audience of Enrique's concert in Toronto yesterday - this is what the very reliable paper says:

"Among those attending last night was Iglesias' current girlfriend and video co-star (for the title track from Escape), tennis babe Anna Kournikova."

I want to quote saff76ar because he seems to think the same as me: "Don't know wether it's true or not but it could be since she's resting this week." I also don't know but I DON'T believe anything until I see at least a picture as a proof!

March 11, 2002
Martina unsure if she plays Doubles with Anna / news-iframes
Martina beat Likhovtseva yesterday 6:3,6:3 and afterwards she made the following comment concerning her Doubles play with Anna at Key Biscayne:

Q: Are you going to play Doubles with Anna at Key Biscayne?

Martina: "I will try to, yes, depending on how I finish here. Yes, I want to. Here I would have played as well, if my wrist wasn't bothering me. I felt like if I give it a little bit extra, just focus on the Singles, it will be better for my wrist. It shouws how it is."

So chances are I assume 50/50 and I don't know - if Martina says YES and in the last minute NO again then perhaps Anna should consider to search another Doubles partner. I really like the Spice Girls very very much but what does it bring if she waits for Martina who turnes her focus on Singles??? Hopefully Martina's wrist is okay and both will play!

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March 10, 2002
Anna seeded at RG? / Enrique denies everything / Martina about Anna / thanx jojoseph
What is necessary for Anna to get to No.32 in the Rankings before Seedings for Roland Garros are done after Rome???! Well, let's have a look at the Rankings right now - Torrens-Valero is 32th with 900 points. This amount of points is necessary for Anna so this would mean that Anna has to score about 60/70 points at each Tournament. The most likely schedule for Anna until Roland Garros:

Key Biscayne (week 12+13, Tier-I, Hardcourt)
Amelia Island (week 15, Tier-II, Green Clay)
Charleston (week 16, Tier-I, Green Clay)
Hamburg (week 18, Tier-II, Red Clay)
Berlin (week 19, Tier-I, Red Clay)
Rome (week 20, Tier-I, Red Clay)

5 (6 including Hamburg but this is not confirmed yet) Tournaments left for Anna and it is possible for Anna if she manages to play a bit better than in her last 2 matches! A normal-playing Anna without any injury signs like in Dubai or Acapulco and No.32 should be possible! Hopefully Anna doesn't perform as in Indian Wells anymore which must have been an absolutely black day for Anna!
But let's have a positive look into the future - Anna can do it and as a seeded player the Draw for the 2nd Grand Slam of her comeback would be much more easier. Remember Aussie Open this year - Anna had to face Henin due to her low Ranking - as a seeded player this wouldn't happen to her in Paris.

Enrique denies everything: No personal comment from me because the whole Enrique-thing isn't my favorite topic, just for information, thanx to CC who posted it on wtaworld.com - "He was on VH1's Fresh Pick and Zeke asked him why they chose Anna for the video. He said they just wanted someone no one would expect. He also joked and said that it was only in his videos that he gets surrounded by beautiful girls. He said the herpes thing is not true, plus the shoot was on "Making the Video" so if it were true then people would have seen. He also said contrary to reports they are not going out together. Then Zeke asked him how was Anna's breath, and he said she has lovely breath, but his is terribly. Funny. (Then while the video was playing across the screen they listed the other tennis babes as 1. Jennifer Capriati 2. Martina Hingis 3. Williams Sisters. There was also the question: Does Anna even play tennis anymore?)"

How was Anna's breath - what a "great" and question. Anna would just say "no comment" probably! Ridiculous!

Additional stuff to this topic, apparently from an Interview with Enrique (the same one???):

Enrique on Anna:

So what's the real story?
"The story came out in the newspaper that I didn't want to kiss Anna Kournikova in the video."

Is that true?
"No! Do I look that stupid. You know. It was completely the opposite way around. She didn't want to kiss me."

Was she nice to work with? She has a reputation of being a bit of a madam.
"She does? Oh no, she was great. She was fun."

I don't believe what is written or said by him! Have you ever heard Anna saying ANYTHING to the whole Anna&Enrique-thing??? - I don't!

Martina about Anna: In a teleconference from February 19, 2002 Martina said the following:

Q. You had your share of doubles partners. Is there anything about the partnership with Anna that makes you think you click especially well?

MARTINA HINGIS: Yeah, we just get along very well, and it's just a team where the team spirit works very well with her. We're about the same age, have the same interests. On the court, the chemistry has worked very well together.

thanx jojoseph: I want to say a big THANK YOU that you created an extra Thread at the official Messageboard to make people aware of my Videostore. All US-Guys - unfortunately I can only offer PAL-System (Europe-Standard) and not your NTSC-System but as far as I know there should be VCRs available which can playback VHS-Tapes which were recorded in PAL-System.

March 9, 2002
Anna gets Miami-WC / Match-Report / Leno vs Anna once again
Anna has been guaranteed a Wildcard into the 96-player-field in Miami (March 20-31, 2002)! Anna towards the Nasdaq 100 Open (former Ercisson Open and Lipton Championships) - "The Nasdaq-100 Open is one of the biggest tournaments of the year,...I have always enjoyed playing in Miami." The DRAW will be done on March 18, 1pm and hopefully Anna can perform better than recently vs Osterloh! But I think we should "forget" this match and look forward into the future!

Match Report: Thanx to Mashie00 - he was LIVE at the match Anna-Osterloh and has this to say about: "I had a great time at the Tennis today. All though I was very disappointed in the way Anna Played today. I'm know tennis expert but she basically gave the match to Osterloh. She had so many double faults I couldn't even count them all. I was so excited as a fan to see her play and it was over so quick. I did get to see her practice for about an hour with Kim Clijsters and that was very cool."

Leno vs Anna once again: On thursday evening Jay Leno said the following in his show-monologue: "Plans are now being discussed to change the rules of professional tennis. They say with a couple of rule changes and some luck, it might one day be possible for Anna Kournikova to actually win a match." - SHUT UP Leno! Why can't you leave Anna alone???

Anna has now 1 week off before playing in Miami. I am trying to find out more details for you!

March 8, 2002
Martina pulls out of Doubles due to wrist injury
Time fo a chance of luck I think - Martina pulled out of the Doubles in Indian Wells due to tendonitis. She injured her wrist in practise and even her Singles participation is in doubt. Thread about it | sport1.de-Report ! To be honest: This isn't SUCH a big surprise but it's disappointing as well. I don't share the opinion of some who say that Martina leaves Anna in the cold always (San Diego 2002, Wimbledon 1999, Indian Wells 2002) because she always did this and IS doing this because of injuries, not because she intends to do so! Well, just in Wimbledon 1999 she simply didn't act matured after her 1st Round-Defeat in Singles and she decided to leave London! Without this injury for sure Martina would have played with Anna in Doubles!

Perhaps this is even a good chance for Anna to get some rest after one tournament after the other so far this year. She has now some time to recover before the Nasdaq 100 Open in Miami where Anna lives. Hopefully she will be back stronger and with MORE CONSISTENCY in her game!

PS: Jojoseph - I already try to fix the problem with the Audiofile!

March 7, 2002
Osterloh upset Anna 6:1,6:4 - what is going on Anna? / Analysis & opinion
I have to say it short because it is really more than just depressing: ANNA LOST 1-6,4-6 vs Liliah Osterloh! The match took for just 1 hour, Anna became more and more frustrated during the match as she noticed that NOTHING seemed to work in her game. "In general, nothing went my way today...concentrating and being mentally there is the toughest side of it right now for me"concentrating and being mentally there is the toughest side of it right now for me"! Anna committed 44 unforced errors, 11 Double Faults and won only 12 points in the 1st set! "I was struggling with my whole game" - right Anna but WHY WHY WHY??? Of course this was another surface and she had to get used to it (red clay last week) but other players have the same problem and they seem to be able to handle it! 12 Pics from the 1st Round | Report | Interview-Pic | Match-Pic | Discuss the match

Anna and Martina AREN'T scheduled to play Doubles today!

PS: What a unbearable sad day - once again! :-(((((

Analysis & Opinion: Oh Anna, this huge defeat should really start to make you think about your current situation. I don't know if this neck injury from Acapulco still affected your game, perhaps you still thought on it, but I doubt that this influenced your game. How can your thoughts be anywhere else than on the court at the match you are playing??? Too many tournaments this year??? Oh Anna, I really start to think the worst thing after reading your comments today and after the Acapulco-Defeat: Are YOU starting to DOUBT YOUR ABILITIES???! Hopefully not because this would be the beginning of the end. Anna, change something: Hire a new coach and work on your consistency. YOU HAVE all the tennis skills to take it to the Top of the Rankings once again - just in your head you don't seem to be free enough and when you once feel that you don't get into the match then you lose most of the times the whole match! I don't know what has to happen exactly but Anna, try and change something. It can only get better than it is right now! I am still a big big fan of you and this I want to stay - please get better and more consistent somehow!

March 6, 2002
Anna vs Osterloh LIVE / Anna & Martina play
Anna - Osterloh 1:3 at 22:17h CET - follow the score LIVE and hope with me that Anna will WIN!!! Both never played each other!

Anna & Martina play: Both said that they plan to play the big tournaments this year and so they do! The Australian Open-Champions face Henin/Shaughnessy in 1st Round and are 4th seeded! The Doubles Draw is really strong in Indian Wells - have a look at possible next round Opponents:

2nd Round: Coetzer/McNeil
QF: Hantuchova/Sanchez-Vicario (5)
SF: Raymond/Stubbs (2)
F: Black/Likhovtseva (1)

This is an really strong Doubles Field and I am really looking forward to the possible Aussie Open-Rematches in QF and SF! Of course Anna and Martina are the best team and all the other pairs (although better seeded) should be a little bit scared when they face the Spice Girls! GO SPICE GIRLS - repeat 1999! The 1st Match in Doubles will probably take place tomorrow!

March 6, 2002
Anna vs Osterloh 3rd match on Stadium court
Anna plays her 1st match in Indian Wells today vs Liliah Osterloh - 3rd match on Stadium Court!See:

Stadium Court - match play starts at 10 am

Tu vs Dominikovic
Irvin vs Ruano-Pascual
Kournikova vs Osterloh

So I assume that this means that Annas match starts at approx. 23:00-0:00 CET today (Indian Wells is CET -9 hours)! Osterloh isn't playing well right now (3-match losing streak) so Anna should win normally!

March 5, 2002
Indian Wells-Draw / Ranking News / Links working?
The Indian Wells-Singles-Draw has been released and Anna faces Liliah Osterloh in the 1st Round, either tomorrow or on Thursday. Both never met before on the WTA Tour. If Anna manages to win which should come true if everything goes the normal way, Anna will gain 24 points to increase her Rankings. Further opponents for Anna:

2nd Round vs Martinez (a win worth 22 points)
3rd Round vs Farina (a win worth 52 points)

Today I don't want to look further but overall this is a good draw for Anna as she faces none of the "big names" like in Paris, Antwerp and Dubai! Check out wtaworld.com (-> Current Tournaments) for the FULL Singles Main Draw!

Ranking News: Anna improves her Singles Ranking this week by 13 positions!!! She is now currently ranked 67th in the world. In Doubles no Changes (still 15th) but in the "Race to Championships"-Rankings: In Singles she is now 9th (480 pts), in Doubles unfortunately not longer No1 - No3 together with Martina (975 pts)! Very interesting: Anna and Torrens-Valero are the only 2 players who have already played 8 (!!!) tournaments in 2002 (among the Top100 in Race to Championships-Ranking).

Links working?: Finally I decided to made it absolutely simple - if the Pictures-section are still or partially not available please inform me but I really don't understand WHY this problem occured at all!

March 4, 2002
New UK-Adidas-Commercial
Another TV Commercial comes up in the UK on March 11, 2002! Anna's new UK-Adidas-Commercial for the new Adidas ClimaCool Sports Shoes. Anna as Marilyn Monroe trying to keep her skirt down... SUN-Article | Picture

DON'T start thinking that Anna is doing on commercial after the other right now - as far as I know Anna did this commercial straight after her 2nd Round-Exit from Dubai on February 20. She flew to London afterwards and probably did this commercial on Februay 21, 2002! This is what I think!

March 3, 2002
Annas new commercial at Acapulco beach / new Poll
Anna did another commercial at Acapulco-beach! See the overwhelming pictures with Anna! I think that this commercial was done yesterday and most likely it is for the cell phone company Anna has a contract with since years!

Now I am looking for News about Indian Wells, Annas next Tournament. Hopefully the neck injury wasn't serious but I dont't think so!

new Poll: I startet a new poll so please vote! When I take a look at the result of the last one I am glad to see that only a few of you want to see Anna doing MORE Offcourt-things! Most have the same opinion as I that Anna should try to become mentally tougher and the first Singles Title will come soon!

March 2, 2002
NO NO NO - Anna lost in the Semis / Personal note
The world is not fair - Anna LOST 7:5,3:6,1:6 in the semis of the Mexican Open vs Katarina Srebotnik! Is this fair?? Anna really deserves her first Singles Title,doesn't she? And more: She also hurt her NECK during a return at the net - "I had a sharp shooting pain and I couldn't move," she said after the match. "I thought about it and it felt worse. It was a pretty stupid little thing, and it cost me the match, probably.'' - "It's strange. Everything which could have gone wrong went wrong." Anna, this isn't fair. You already had so many injuries...! When will be time when destiny decides that you DESERVE your first Title because you LOVE Tennis???! Hopefully this isn't serious injury because more important than ANY victory is Anna's health!

Next week Anna will play in Indian Wells at the Pacific Life Open! Probably she will play Doubles again with Martina which I would really love to see (remember 1999...)!

Personal note: I have just seen a match report at CNN World Sport - I have never seen Anna serving UNDERHANDED in all these years!!! She must have had really big pain in her neck, even after treatment! Anna, consider to retire from time to time instead of risking real big injury!! I am very frustrated because it is so unfair for Anna - NOTHING has worked in her match yesterday, she points it out herself by saying "Everything which could have gone wrong went wrong." This is really so unfair but I also heard that Anna said sth. like "wake up tomorrow practise again"! Anna won't let this "string of setbacks" bother her, this is what the report also told! I just hope that Anna finally has some luck in the future, she had (and unfortunately still seems to HAVE) enough bad luck :-(

March 1, 2002
Sweet Anna through to the semis / IW-Preview / Take a look...
It is Annas 1st Tournament on Clay since the French Open 2000 (!) but Anna performs GREAT at this surface - she won her 3rd straight match against Jeanette Husarova in ther Quarterfinal 6:3,6:4 which means that Anna enters the Round of the last 4 without having lost one single set!!! Today she faces Katarina Srebotnik in the Semifinal and as far as I can remember both played each other only once back in 1999 (French Open Doubles Round 16) and Anna won together with Martina! Annas chances of winning her first ever SINGLES Title on the WTA Tour increases more and more which is simply wonderful to see! Here is the Schedul for today:

Center Court Match play starts at 2:00 p.m.

Kournikova vs Srebotnik
Dementieva vs Suarez

For me as a European this means 21:00 CET when the Semifinal-Match starts! On the other side of the Draw Dementieva (her QF-opponent retired after 6-4) meets Suarez who surprisingly beat Coetzer!!! Hopefully Anna and Elena advance to the Final tomorrow and this would be a really really breathtaking final because neither Anna nor Elena won a Singles Tropy yet. God, after so many injuries ANNA REALLY DESERVES TO FINALLY WIN HER 1ST SINGLES TITLE!!

QF-Pictures: Pic 1 | Pic 2 | Pic 3 | Pic 4 | Pic 5 | Pic 6

IW-Preview: In Indian Wells at the Pacific Life Open starting next week the following Top players won't play: Davenport, Mauresmo, S.Williams, V.Williams, Capriati! This means that Anna has a GREAT chance to gain many many points to improve her Ranking!

Take a look...: Now I decided to establish this part on the main page to show you UNIQUE moments of Annas Career once again. If you have a suggestion that I should feature a particular triumph by Anna please let me know!