Pregnant former tennis star Anna Kournikova kept her baby bump out of sight while taking her seven-year-old son Nicholas to school in Miami this week.
Kournikova, who is currently expecting her fourth child with Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias, was pictured carrying Nicholas’ light-blue and green bag while dropping him off on Monday morning.
The Russian, 44, was sporting black sunglasses and a matching vest, shorts and bag with a white shirt over the top while on the school run, along with what appeared to be a pair of black Crocs shoes.
It is believed she is currently just over halfway through her latest pregnancy, with her baby bump seen for the first time in public last month.
Kournikova and Iglesias, 50, have three kids already in twins Lucy and Nicholas and another girl, five-year-old Mary.
The ex-world No 8 announced in August that a fourth is on the way, with a source close to her and Enrique telling Spanish publication Hola that things were progressing well.
Anna Kournikova kept her baby bump out of sight while taking her son to school on Monday
The pregnant former tennis star was seen dropping Nicholas, 7, off at his school in Miami
The happy news came one month after she was pictured in a wheelchair and wearing a protective boot, sparking an outpouring of concern.
Kournikova was pictured being pushed by her daughter at Miami’s Bal Harbour shopping centre back in January while also wearing the boot over her foot.
In early August, however, she was spotted running her children to martial arts in Miami, allaying fears of any lingering health issues.
It is believed she may have suffered a foot injury and undergone surgery around that time.
Kournikova retired from tennis in 2003 and has been with Iglesias since meeting on the set of the hitmaker’s music video for 2001 single ‘Escape’.
Iglesias has lived in the Miami area since the late 1990s with his girlfriend joining the heartthrob soon after they shacked up.
Kournikova burst onto the scene in the tennis world when she turned professional at the age of 14.
She got as high as eighth in the world rankings but never won a Grand Slam singles title.
But in the doubles, she enjoyed greater success once she partnered up with Martinia Hingis. Together, they won the Australian Open doubles championship in 1999 and again in 2002.
The Russian former world no 8 is expecting her fourth child with her partner Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias
Kournikova met Iglesias on the set of the hitmaker’s music video for 2001 single ‘Escape’
She struggled badly with injuries during her tennis career and quit the sport at the age of 21
She never officially confirmed that she had retired but her last game was in May 2003 when she was just 21 years old.
Kournikova’s rise was blighted by stress fractures in her back and feet – her foot injuries meant that there was extra concern when she was pictured in a protective boot earlier this year, considering her history.
In an interview with The Guardian the year that she retired, she opened up on the pain she had fought through because of tennis.
‘I will only play the game for as long as I’m having fun. It is important to realise that tennis is not the only thing that matters in life,’ she said.
‘Basically, I’ve had an injury nearly every single year. In ’97 I had a stress fracture and was out for three months; in ’98 I had a torn ligament in my thumb and was out for three months; in ’99 I had another stress fracture for three months; and then in 2001 I didn’t basically play the whole year.’
Kournikova also enjoyed the spotlight away from the court, garnering fame as a model. In 2002, she was voted the world’s sexiest woman, beating the likes of Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez, and was also acknowledged as the sexiest female tennis player of all time in 2010.
