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On this week: 30th April to 6th May: Seles stabbed
(Eurosport, Thursday 30th April 2009)
>>>
We look back on sporting-events that happened on this week in history, incl=
uding an act of violence that rocked the world of tennis.

1993: Monica Seles stabbed - 30th April

G=FCnther Parche did Steffi Graf a horrible favour she never asked for on t=
his week in 1993, when he stabbed world number-one Monica Seles in the back=
. Seles had emerged as the world's top player over the previous couple of s=
easons, ending a long period of domination by Graf.

However, Parche - an obsessed fan of Graf - ran onto the court in Hamburg a=
s Seles took on Maggie Maleeva, and stabbed her in front of six thousand fa=
ns. Seles was initially expected to be out for four weeks, but it was over =
two years before she returned to action. Even then, she was never the same =
player.

Graf regained top spot, while Parche received a two-year suspended sentence=
and mandatory psychological treatment for "causing grievous bodily harm". =
But he escaped an attempted-murder charge, much to the distress of the Sele=
s-family.
<<<

My comment:

It always gives me a horrible jolt to be reminded of the Stabbing, but it i=
s only right that we should remember it, because it changed the course of t=
ennis-history.

Without the Stabbing, Monica would have finished her career with more Major=
titles than Graf (at the time of the stabbing, Monica had won eight Majors=
and was winning three a year, while Graf had won eleven Majors but was onl=
y winning one a year).

But by overcoming that vile act of terrorism to even come back at all, let =
alone win her ninth Major at the Australian Open 1996, Monica proved hersel=
f the greatest tennis-player of all time.

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://tinyurl.com/andrewbroad-seles

P.S. Monica's second autobiography - Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, M=
y Self - was released on Tuesday 21st April 2009. You can read an extract a=
t http://preview.tinyurl.com/cqz3oq

Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:24 pm

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