Caroline Wozniacki posed in a painted swimsuit. PHOTO

25-year-old Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki delighted her fans with a candid photo shoot for the next issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.

Carolina did a completely naked photo shoot - the swimsuit was painted on her body.

It is clarified that a 25-year-old Danish woman on the island of Petit Saint Vincent in the Caribbean Sea spent 15 hours painting a swimsuit from the St Tropez model of the popular brand For Love & Lemons.

Caroline Wozniacki in Sports Illustrated

Caroline Wozniacki(Caroline Wozniacki, Polish. Karolina Woźniacka). Born July 11, 1990 in Odense (Denmark). Danish tennis player of Polish origin.

Former world number one singles. Finalist of two tournaments Grand Slam in singles (US Open 2009 and 2014). Winner 25 WTA tournaments(23 - in singles). Winner of one junior Grand Slam singles tournament (Wimbledon 2006). Winner of one Orange Bowl singles tournament (2005). Finalist of one junior Grand Slam singles tournament (Australian Open-2006). Finalist of one junior Grand Slam tournament in doubles(Roland Garros-2006). Finalist of one doubles tournament Orange Bowl (2005). Semifinalist of three junior Grand Slam tournaments in doubles. Former world number two in the junior rankings.

Caroline Wozniacki took part in the shooting for the annual ESPN Body Issue

The former world number one was the only tennis representative to appear on the pages of ESPN Magazine. The special issue itself, called the Body Issue, will be released on July 8th.

I was always told that a girl from Denmark had no chance of becoming a world class player. We've never had anyone in the Top 30. Every time I said that I wanted to become the first in the world, they would simply laugh at me. But I will find a way to do it, for me the word “no” is not the answer.

Last year was difficult for me. I've never had such a long break due to injury. This made me realize that I need to listen to my body and give it time to recover. I think that after 12 years on Tour, the main thing for me now is to deal with small injuries and make sure when I return to the court that I am 100% ready.

Then in the spring I had the worst pain. I injured my ankle during training and tore a ligament. I tried to slide on the ground and my foot literally came out of its socket. Then my leg was in a brace, and the next day the doctor told me that if it weren’t for him, my bone would just pop out. It was unbearable pain. I went through a lot of things - I played with broken fingers, etc. But you don’t talk about it, but continue to move forward.


I don't know how to lose, like my whole family. If I lose to someone in my family in something, we won’t communicate for several days. My brother stopped playing tennis the first time I beat him. He got so angry that he broke two rackets. I was leading in the set, and he broke one racket, and then, when he lost the last point of the set, he broke the second and said: “I’ve had enough, I lost to a girl. Not just four years younger, but to my sister.” He and I still remember this.

I think the most impressive thing I've ever done was the New York City Marathon, which I ran in almost three and a half hours. It was on my wish list. Until mile 21 everything was fine, it was easy and I was ready to run. But after it I felt bad. To the right of the road I saw a stand selling milkshakes and thought, “How about we just stop and have a cocktail?”

Then two people running near me started talking about milkshakes, and as they kept talking to me, it pushed me to go that mile, then the mile and a half. It was the hardest thing I've ever physically done in my life. I have a medal from this marathon at home. This is the only award that is in my house, and the rest are in my parents' house.

The day before the marathon, me, Serena and another friend of mine went to a New York Rangers game. I was carb loading at the time and they brought a lot of seafood and things that I didn't like. So I grabbed a bucket of popcorn and that was my dinner the night before the marathon.


I used to be an excellent swimmer. I had to choose between swimming and tennis, and the only sport I'm really bad at is basketball. I don't own correct technique, and she looks terrible. My boxing training takes a lot of energy. I like to work until the end and see how far I can go.

Yes, once I got punched in the face. It was a professional boxer who trained an hour before me. One day he was preparing for a fight and the media was there. They asked me who would win, and I said: Of course I will. He won't hit a woman, right?" The next day, when I came again, he told me: "Carolyn, come into the ring. Right now".

We went through a few rounds, and when I let my guard down, he would touch me lightly, indicating that he could hit me. Suddenly I cornered him and began to be. He didn’t expect this and his hand automatically came forward and hit me in the nose, after which I just fell and thought: “I’ve had enough. I don’t need this anymore.”

Note that in previous years, Venus and Serena Williams, Agnieszka Radwanska, Stan Wawrinka, Tomas Berdych, John Isner and others starred in the magazine's pages.

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Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki "doesn't care what people think" and is proud of her physique, which is celebrated in ESPN The Magazine's 2017 Body Issue. (1:51)

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I was always told that there"s no chance that a girl from Denmark can become a world-class tennis player. We"ve never had any women in the top 30. Every time I would say, "I want to be No. 1 in the world," people would just laugh at me. But I"ll find a way. I don't take no for an answer.

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I don"t have as much power in my groundstroke as some of the other girls, but I"m fast and I know that I can last for a long time out there. My fitness is something I pride myself on. I think that"s definitely something that I win quite a few matches on.

I"ve won a lot of matches from behind. It"s not easy to close out a match, and I"m just always there, no matter what the score is. They feel the pressure. They know I"m going to slowly get myself back into the game.

Last year was rough on me. I"ve never really been injured before, for longer periods of time, and last year was just one little thing after the next. It made me realize that sometimes you need to listen to your body and let it heal. When you"ve been 12 years on tour, your body just keeps taking a beating and it"s going to break down on you. I think the main thing for me is keeping on top of the small injuries and making sure that when I"m back on the court , every time I"m at 100 percent.

The worst pain I had was last spring. I had my ankle injury and broke two ligaments. My foot kind of went out of its socket. I was trying to slide on a clay court at full speed, and it just got stuck. I was actually wearing a brace, and the next day the doctor told me if I hadn't been, my bone would probably have been sticking out of my foot. It was excruciating.

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I"ve played through a lot of things. I"ve played through broken toys and stuff. Many times you don"t say anything; you just keep going.

I'm a sore loser. So is everyone else in my family. If I lose to anyone in my family in any game, we will not talk for a couple of days.

My brother stopped playing tennis after the first time I beat him. He was so mad, he smashed two rackets. I think I was leading in the set, and he smashed one racket. Then when he lost the last point of that set, he smashed the other one. He"s like, "I"m done. I lost to a girl. Not only is she four years younger, she"s my sister."We still talk about it to this day.

I have the medal at home. That's the only trophy I have out in my house. My parents have all my tennis trophies. I just have that marathon medal.

Serena and I and one of my friends went to a New York Rangers game the day before the marathon. I"m supposed to be carb loading, but they were serving a lot of seafood and things that I didn"t really like. So I just had a bucket of popcorn. That was my dinner the night before.

I used to be a great swimmer. Back in the day I had to choose between swimming and tennis. The only sport I"m really bad at -- like, really bad at -- is basketball. I don"t have the right technique. It looks awful.

My boxing training gets really physical. I like to get pushed to the limit, and I like to test how far I can go.

I did once get punched in the face, yes. There was this professional boxer who would always come in the hour before me. One day he was getting ready for this fight, and media was there. They asked me who would win in a fight. I said, "Well, clearly, I would. He doesn"t hit women, right?" So the next day I come in and he goes, "Caroline, in the ring, right now." So we go a couple of rounds , and every time I would put my guard down, he would just tap me a little bit, just make me aware that he could have punched me. All of a sudden, I get him in the corner and I just start going at him. He wasn't really expecting it, and automatically, his hand just went forward and hit my nose, and I just fell down. I was like, "OK, I"m done. I don"t need to do this anymore."

I felt pretty badass, to be honest. Not a lot of people can say they"ve gotten punched in the face in the ring.

Growing up, I would really just kill it in the gym until I couldn't stand anymore. The older I"ve gotten, I"m so much better at listening to my body. If you push yourself too much, it's going to be worse.

I"ve realized that I can"t spend time stressing about something I don"t have and just embrace what I do have. It"s so in to have curves now. It"s in to be looking healthy. If I don"t look like a supermodel on the runway, that"s OK because I look good in my own way.