No to 200 000$US

When people talk about beauty in women's tennis, we always hear about Anna Kournikova because she is so popular. However, it's biorussian Olga Barabanschikova that was named sexiest player last year by american magazine "Tennis". The reporters from that magazine aren't the only ones with that opinion because we've just learned that Olga refused a 200 000$ offer to pose nude. "The managers of the Playboy magazine effictivly offered me that amount of money and I was very flattered to be considered but I think that I can win more on a tennis court" answered miss Barabanschikova.

This article is from the Journal de Montreal of July 16th 2000 and was translated by Pierre Cantin