Tennis Match-December 1998-p.14

Rising Belorussian star Olga Barabanschikova found the ideal way of keeping her party-girl image this summer. The navel pierced beauty joined a belly dancing competition while in Istanbul, Turkey, for the city's Corel WTA Tour tournament. After Barabanschikova made it through the contest's semifinals with a perfect score, the judges placed the teenager third in the finals. However, Barabanschikova quickly found a way of upstaging the winner. Still clothed in her evening wear, she took her own version of a Turkish bath, leaping into a nearby swimming pool.