10:45am UK, Tuesday October 14, 2003

Tennis stunner Anna Kournikova is hanging up her hotpants and quitting tennis.

The Russian beauty said she was finally giving up the game after sinking to a lowly 70 in the world rankings.

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Fans say Anna's rear is as good as her tennis

The blonde is turning her hand to acting but the omens are not good.

She tried her hand at presenting earlier this year when she fronted the US Open - and bombed.

American TV critics were not impressed by her interviewing skills, saying they were as bad as her tennis had become.

She has said she would like to appear in the US TV hit Sex and The City, but the show has drawn to a close.


Kournikova has struggled to regain her fitness after a foot injury in 2001 kept her out of the game.

She has played just six games this year and was not at Wimbledon.

The 22-year-old burst onto the scene at the All England club in 1997 when she made the semi-finals aged just 16.

At one stage she was number eight in the world but failed to stay on top of her game.

She has banked millions during her career, mainly through sponsorship deals.