Tennis: Kournikova - from Russia with love

Laid low by injuries and at 20- years- old still no nearer to claiming that elusive first WTA Tour title, it may be that Anna Kournikova’s legacy to the game which has made her a multi-millionaire lies in the next generation of Russian stars.

That those stars have begun to surface in recent years three other Russian women currently inhabit the world’s top 50 is largely down to the immense profile Kournikova has nurtured for herself across the world.