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September 30, 2000 - Anna perhaps blew her best chance at winning a tournament as she was upset Saturday by Bulgaria's Magdalena Maleeva 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals of the WTA SEAT Open.

September 23, 2000 - Adding to those commenting on Kournikova is Martina Navratilova, who was quoted in September on Anna, saying "I don't think winning and losing matters that much to her." Navratilova feels all the money Anna makes outside of tennis weekens her motivation.

September 23, 2000 - Anna has a great chance of finally breaking the drought of not winning a WTA title since turning pro. She'll be at the Luxembourg Open and will be the #2 seed. Venus, Serena, Lindsay Davenport and Monica Seles will be at the Olympics. Anna seems at odds with the Russian Federation and skipped the trip to Australia.

September 23, 2000 - Anna took the week off to launch Omega's new Constellation Carre range of ladies' watches in London.

September 22, 2000 - ONdigital survey of web users found Anna Kournikova to be "most clickable female", beating out Liz Hurley, ironically.

September 7, 2000 - Jeannette Walls reports Anna is livid about her fake nude pictures appearing on the internet and that people are making money off of them. A source says the tennis player’s agent has retained a lawyer and is preparing to sue.

September 2, 2000 - Well Justine Henin's wicked backhand was too much for Anna, as she lost in straight sets 6-4 7-6. After the match, Anna called the loss "Disappointing" and was upset when asked if any outside interests distracted her snapping "I don't have any. I don't have any. I don't have any."

September 1, 2000 - David Letterman continually is using clips of Anna for the Late Show Anna Kournikova play of the day, running about a half dozen Friday, none of which involved Anna actually 'playing' tennis. He says she'll be on the show soon.

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