Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0002237, Sun, 20 Jul 1997 16:55:56 -0700

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Lolita of tennis (fwd)
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To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Lolita of tennis

From: Bradley R Buchsbaum <ubuchb00@mcl.ucsb.edu>

In a televised tennis match between American Chanda Rubin and a 16 year
old Russian, Anna Kournikova, Bud Collins (a tennis commentator) remarked
that Vladimir Nabokov, author of Lolita, was "very pleased" that
Kournikova had been pegged "the Lolita of tennis". Bud must have been very
confused.