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After Rousey, it's Wozniacki's turn to go nude for SI Swimsuit issue

February 16, 2016 14:25 IST

IMAGE: Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki poses at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2016. Photograph: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated

Former Ultimate Fighting Champion Ronda Rousey isn’t the only athlete to wear just bodypaint this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.

Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn and tennis star Caroline Wozniacki also ditched their bikinis for paint to join an elite club of body-painted swimsuit models in the 2016 issue.

IMAGE: Caroline Wozniacki poses. Photograph: Twitter

Wozniacki, 25, is one of several female athletes in the issue that was released on Monday.

The 19th-ranked women’s tennis player made her debut in the magazine’s annual swimsuit issue in 2015 and expressed her love for the experience.

IMAGE: Caroline Wozniacki at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. Photograph: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated

“I had a blast this was so much fun,” the Dane said on the photoshoot. “I love my body paint. This has been such an unbelievable experience,” she added.

“I love the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, especially because of the body image that it portrays,” Wozniacki had told Today’s Show Matt Lauer.

“As an athlete, I’m never going to look like runway models and be really skinny. I’m going to always have some muscles and some definition. And to me, I find that very attractive and I think that’s a healthy way to portray women.”

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