Tennis star and her Latin idol wed secretly

Published Dec 15, 2004

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Los Angeles - Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova has secretly married singer Enrique Iglesias.

US Weekly magazine reported on Tuesday that Kournikova, 23, had been spotted wearing a wedding band on her ring finger at a charity tennis event in Florida on Sunday.

When asked about her relationship with Iglesias, she was heard telling onlookers: "Enrique is great. Everything is awesome. We are married."

Kournikova and the Latin crooner, 29, have been dating since she appeared playing his girlfriend in the 2002 music video for his hit Escape, and have jokingly claimed in the past to be married.

Representatives for the pair declined to confirm the reports but US, quoting unidentified sources, said they had been wed on the beach in the Mexican resort of Puerto Vallarta a few weeks ago.

"It was a very small and secret wedding - only family and a few very close friends," the source told the magazine.

Kournikova first wowed crowds as a teenager in the late 1990s. But she never won a major tournament before announcing her retirement from professional tennis in March.

Iglesias, the son of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, sings in Spanish and English and has had global hits with songs such as Bailamos and Hero. - Reuters

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