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  • Anna Kournikova: Tennis Player Violetta Degtiareva, Touted as ‘Next Anna Kournikova’ Drops Dead During Practice

    Anna Kournikova is not only a champion tennis player, she is a stunning beauty.

    A 23-year-old Russian tennis player who was touted as the next Anna Kournikova, both in her skills and her beauty, dropped dead during a training session as a result of a heart failure attack, a report said Wednesday.

    Violetta Degtiareva, who like Anna Kournikova was very popular on on the International Tennis Federation pro circuit and made millions in endorsements, died suddenly on Jan. 12 from an apparent heart attack.

    Reports of her surprising death did not come out immediately and only came to the public’s attention after fellow Russian tennis player Anastasia Vdovenco, 20, expressed her shock about learning of her Violetta Degtiareva’s death in a post on Facebook, according to Central European News via the New York Post.

    “I can hardly believe it,” Vdovenco wrote. “Rest in peace.”

    The cause of Violetta Degtiareva’s heart failure is not known, nor the location where she was training at the time of her death.

    Born in the Russian city of Rostov in southwestern Russia near the border of Ukraine, she was ranked 1,084 in the world at the time of her death. Although Violett Degtiareva ranked at 947 at one point, she never won a major title. Her greatest achievement was reaching the quarter-finals of the ITF-Turnier pro-circuit tournament in Turkey.

    Like Anna Kournikova, her statuesque body and long blond hair garnered much attention, as well as a slew of endorsements.

  • Anna Kournikova Has Yet To Meet Enrique’s Dad Julio

    Tennis star and pinup girl Anna Kournikova has been dating Latin music sensation Enrique Iglesias for 12 years. In a recent interview with Billboard, Iglesias revealed an almost unbelievable detail, Kournikova has never met Enrique’s father Julio Iglesias.

    Enrique says that there is no one to blame and that he rarely sees his estranged father, who was also quite a Lothario heartthrob back in his salad days. “The last 14 years, 15 years of my life have flown by. And that’s the only way I can truly explain it. There’s no reason why — it’s not his fault, and it’s not my fault.”

    The 70-year-old Julio, who is the best-selling Latin music artist ever, clearly has a complicated relationship with his son. One would think that some kind of musical collaboration between the two Latin artists would be an obvious choice, however, Julio said last year that he would never work with his son. “Singing with my son is something that would come off as very commercial. I think that he and I will never sing together. If we sing, it will be at a dinner, when he has kids and wants his kids to sing, just like my little ones do. I don’t believe in a public commercial duet between my kids and me.”

    Kournikova, 32, met Enrique, 38, while working on the music video Escape in 2001. Even though they’ve been romantically linked for over a decade, neither seems all that anxious to get hitched. Enrique’s parents were divorced, and Kournikova said in an interview with Women’s Health in 2011, “Marriage isn’t important to me. I’m in a happy relationship — that’s all that matters.”

    Enrique is currently out promoting his new album Sex and Love, which debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200. However, the album quickly slipped to No. 42 in its second week. Even still, the Latin heartthrob isn’t worried about the album’s sales, especially considering his last album Euphoria (2010) took 18 months to produce two top five singles.

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  • Anna Kournikova Hasn’t Met Enrique Iglesias’ Dad?

    Seriously!

    Tennis Pro Anna Kournikova has yet to meet Enrique Iglesias‘ dad, Julio, despite the fact they’ve been dating for 12 years.

    “The last 14 years, 15 years of my life have flown by. And that’s the only way I can truly explain it,” said 38-year-old singer. “There’s no reason why — it’s not his fault, and it’s not my fault.”

    The reason could be that Iglesias and his dad, who is the best-selling Latin music artist in history, have had a strained relationship over the years.

    Last year, the 70-year-old said he would likely never collaborate with his son because it may come across as too commercial.

    “Singing with my son is something that would come off as very commercial,” Julio told El Universal at the time. “I think that he and I will never sing together. If we sing, it will be at a dinner, when he has kids and wants his kids to sing, just like my little ones do. I don’t believe in a public commercial duet between my kids and me.”

    Enrique and Kournikova, 32, met on the set of the singer’s Escape music video in 2001. Although they have been dating for a very long time, it doesn’t look like marriage is on the horizon for the power couple anytime soon.

    “I’ve never really thought marriage would make a difference. Maybe it’s because I come from divorced parents, but I don’t think you love someone more because of a piece of paper,” Iglesias told Parade in March 2012. “Nowadays, it’s not taboo to have kids and not be married.”

    Kournikova seems to agree with her love.

    “[Marriage] isn’t important to me,” Kournikova said in a Women’s Health interview. “I’m in a happy relationship — that’s all that matters.”

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  • Anna Kournikova Has Never Met Enrique’s Dad

    Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias have been together for over 12 years, but Enrigue’s father Julio Iglesias says that he has never met Anna and doesn’t see his son as often as he would like.

    You know I have to tell the truth, I have never met Anna,” the 70-year-old Julio said in an interview. “Yes, my wife and my kids and his brothers have, but I have never met her, no, no, never.”

    “My kids are very independent and it is difficult to see Enrique because he is all over the world,” Julio continued. “But Anna is very beautiful — they have good taste, my kids.”

    Anna and Enrique met on the set of the music video for “Escape.” Although both of them knew who the other was, they had never met before. Sparks began to fly on the set and the two soon realized that they had something special and began dating a short time later.

    “Never in a million years did I think that I would be making a video with her and that we would start up a relationship,” said about their relationship.

    Many people have wondered why Enrique and Anna have not settled down or had children yet but Enrique claims that he wants to wait until he is done with his career or at least ready to slow down with it. He said that he did not want to be gone for months at a time and not get to see his children and although he does want to be a father someday, he wants to wait until he is ready.

    Julio said that although his son is busy and doesn’t visit often, he is still very proud of him and knows that he will make a great father someday.

    Hopefully Julio and Anna will get a chance to meet soon or at least before Enrique and Anna decide to have a child.

    What do you think of Anna and Enrique’s relationship?

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  • Anna Kournikova: Still Yet To Meet Enrique Iglesias’ Dad

    Have you ever watched the music video to “Escape” by Enrique Iglesias and wondered if Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias would be a fitting couple? If you have not heard, Anna and Enrique are a couple and have been together for twelve years. I am sure that after you have been with someone for quite a while, you would meet their parents after a few years? Not Anna and Enrique.

    According to MSN.com’s Wonder Wall, 32-year-old Russian Tennis sensation Anna Kournikova has still yet to meet 38-year-old Latin pop singer Enrique Iglesias’ dad, well-known Latin singer Julio Iglesias. When Julio was asked about his son’s relationship with Anna, and why he has not met his son’s girlfriend of twelve years, Julio offered the following statement to The Mirror:

    “You know I have to tell the truth, I have never met Anna. Yes, my wife, and my kids and his brothers have, but I have never met her, no, no, never. I don’t know how comes. My kids are very independent and it is difficult to see Enrique because he is all over the world. But Anna is very beautiful — they have good taste my kids.”

    In a recent interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Enrique talks about his relationship with Anna and how they met on the set while filming the music video for “Escape.” Interviewer Rita Braver asked Enrique “You never set eyes on her the day before she showed up on the set?” Enrique’s response was “I knew who she was, because the producer I was working with was in love with her.” Enrique also added the fact that “Never in a million years did I think that I would be making a video with her and that we would start up a relationship.”

    CBS’ Braver also asked Enrique about the future, inquiring “Do you hope to be a dad some day?” Enrique’s response was “I do hope to be a dad”; however, Enrique admits that he doesn’t know if he’ll ever be ready for that and stated “I want to make sure I’m here as much as possible, and that I don’t travel as much. I don’t want to go on tour, and six months later, not recognize my own children.”

    To see Enrique and Anna’s on-screen chemistry, I have provided the music video to “Escape” below, which includes both Enrique and Anna on screen.

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  • Anna Kournikova Hasn’t Met Julio Iglesias, Even Though She’s Been Dating His Son For 13 Years

    It has been more than a decade since tennis pro Anna Kournikova started dating pop singer Enrique Iglesias, but she still has yet to meet his father, legendary crooner Julio Iglesias.

    The tennis star, who retired in 2007, has been in a relationship with Enrique for nearly 13 years. They met in 2001 when she starred in the video for his single “Escape,” and while there had been times when the pair was reported to have split up, the couple would still be seen together. Enrique, 38, and Anna, 32, reside in a waterfront mansion on a private island in Miami.

    Anna has met Julio Iglesias’ wife, the Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger and their children, but has yet to be introduced to the head of the Iglesias family. Enrique, born in 1975, is Iglesias’ third son with first wife Isabel Preysler. His other siblings include socialite Chabeli, born in 1971, and singer Julio Jr., born in 1973.

    “My kids are very independent and it is difficult to see Enrique because he is all over the world,” said Iglesias, by way of explaining why he hasn’t met his son’s ladylove.

    “He is a super guy…clever and very charming,” Iglesias remarked. He admits that it is not easy for a son to follow his father’s footsteps, and though Enrique’s music is very different from his own classical ballads, he is nonetheless proud of what his son has accomplished, even saying that “Enrique is in the same class like Michael Douglas and Liza Minnelli.”

    Enrique might be grooving to pop beats and his dad may be more into slow seduction, but the older Iglesias is proud to say what they both have in common: nothing but el amor, love. To illustrate, he lists some big names in music: Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Elvis, and The Beatles. Their songs are “always about love.”

    Of Enrique’s girlfriend, the Spanish singer had this to say: “Anna is very beautiful.” He added, “They have good taste, my kids.”

    ‘Escape’: When Anna Met Enrique

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