"They [Sports Illustrated] have asked me a few times before, but I was playing full time and not able to do it," she said. "Now that I am taking time off, this was perfect."
"When I was talking about coming back I said March would probably be the time when I would be starting to train and see how it's doing," she said.
"With all the beautiful girls, I was really, like, nervous — and excited," said Kournikova. "But it was fun."
"We were in Puerto Rico, we shot for a whole day, for like 12 hours straight," she said. "It was really hot, and it was just so beautiful out there. It was pretty easy to get into the mood."