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Ex-tennis star and Playboy model Ashley Harkleroad strips naked and jokes she’s ‘saving money on clothes’ in lockdown

FORMER tennis player Ashley Harkleroad set her fans’ pulses racing with her latest Instagram snap.

The 34-year-old posted a picture of herself completely naked with her back to the camera.

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Been saving money on clothes… #quarentinelife @nino_rakichevich

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Harkleroad retired from tennis back in 2012
The mother of two enjoys posting bikini pics on Instagram
Harkleroad peaked at #39 in the WTA rankings

And she joked: “Been saving money on clothes… #quarentinelife”.

The American caused controversy in 2008 when she became the first active tennis player to pose topless for Playboy magazine.

Harkleroad is clearly comfortable with and confident in her body, however, defying her critics and happily still posing nude 12 years on.

One of her fans on Instagram commented: “Best photo in confinement”.

While another labelled her a: “Perfect beauty…”

“Amazing body really Oh,” another added.

Harkleroad peaked at world #39 back in 2007, before taking time away from the sport to have her first child.

And after a brief comeback in 2010, she again stepped back from competing to have another child.

Following her defeat to Serena Williams in the first round of the French Open back in 2008, Harkleroad was asked about her Playboy shoot.

The American caused controversy by posing for Playboy in 2008
The 34-year-old is married to ex ATP player Chuck Adams

She said: “I thought about it, and it was something that I did.

“I’m proud of my body. I was representing a female athlete’s body.”

The former WTA player is married to 48-year-old former ATP star Chuck Adams – and has commentated on Tennis Channel in the US since her 2012 retirement.

Harkleroad sometimes commentates for Tennis Channel