Bar fight won’t affect Kournikova’s tennis

Published June 30, 2009 4:00am ET



Anna Kournikova always seems to make things interesting before she arrives in D.C.

As reported by the New York Post, the tennis star got into a fracas Saturday night in Las Vegas after a woman threw a drink at her. 

After attending a table tennis tournament, Kournikova & Co. were partying at the Lavo nightclub, when the offending drink was tossed. Kournikova began shoving the woman, according to the Post, resulting in a “big fight,” and leaving some scratch marks on the blond bombshell.

Kournikova is set to play for the St. Louis Aces against the Washington Kastles here July 8. A spokeswoman for the Kastles says the World Team Tennis League says she’s fine and will be in Washington, while Kastles General Manager Brian Grossman says the team “look[s] forward to Anna’s D.C. appearance on July 8th.”

Last year, Kournikova’s appearance in D.C. was shadowed by comments that then-Kastles player Justin Gimmelstob made about her, to the effect that he’d like to slam the ball into her face.