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Barbara Schett, ranked 20, won her first professional title at Palermo,
Italy, in 1996, but took three more years to crack the upper
echelons of the women's game. In 1999, she scored wins over
top-five players Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario and Jana Novotna en
route to the semi-finals of Sydney and Hamburg. At Wimbledon,
she reached the last 16, losing to eventual champion Lindsay
Davenport, and is now ranked 7 in the world. She recently beat
No 2 Venus Williams in the French Open.
Austrian-born Barbara, 25, has been voted Most Beautiful Tennis
Player and is no stranger to modelling, but the Etro style was
quite new to her: "It's quite wild. I'm quite understated, elegant
and not so crazy. But I found it interesting to see myself in
a look I've never tried before." Barbara's body is super-toned
but with such athleticism come muscles and she has a problem
finding trousers to fit. "Often I can't find any which will
pull up over my thighs!" she says. Sponsored by Adidas, she
takes care with her appearance on court as well as off. |
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