Sports
As the French Open slides into its second week on a layer of red dust, the only thing hotter than the mustard they lace on the hot dogs at the concession stands is the next Monica Seles rumor.
May 30, 1993
“AAAAAHHHHH- REEEEEEEEEEE” Ladies and gentlemen, the preceding message was brought to you by Monica Seles, a 16-year-old two-fisted Yugoslav import who lives in Florida, wants to move to L.A., won the biggest tournament of her life in France and makes a sound while hitting a tennis ball that’s strictly out of this world.
Aug. 13, 1990
No, Paris isn’t burning yet, but the water temperature of the Seine is probably rising now that Monica Seles has hit town.
May 27, 1990
World & Nation
It’s been 13 weeks since tennis diva Monica Seles first arrived here amidst heavy security, swaddled in a blanket as she stepped off a private jet from Europe, nursing a stab wound she’d suffered two days earlier in a horrific courtside attack in Hamburg.
Aug. 8, 1993
What on earth do you think you are doing, publishing the aerial view of Monica Seles’ house, to accompany an article [May 28] decrying her absence from the tennis world?
June 3, 1995
Williams rallies from 1-4 first-set deficit to win, 7-5, 6-4, in quarterfinal of WTA Championships.
Nov. 9, 2002
French Open: Father’s passing is difficult on former champion, who nevertheless wins opening match.
May 27, 1998
Nothing so far has managed to give Monica Seles pause on her inexorable path to the final of the du Maurier Ltd.
Aug. 20, 1995
It’s obviously tough work being Monica Seles.
March 2, 1992
Jolted from its genteel ways when Monica Seles was stabbed in the back during a match Friday night in Hamburg, Germany, tennis may be facing a long, hot, uncomfortable summer.
May 1, 1993