Mar 18, 2001 06:49 AM
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Since getting stabbed in Hamburg by a Steffi Graf fan, Monica Seles has never been the same player again.
She used to be the best player in the world, and the ferocity at which she hit the ball would win her a lot of matches. Also, she took the ball so early that no one knew how to get it back, let alone play a decent shot with it.
Since returning from the injury, she constantly finds herself digging the ball from her feet with that two handed forehand, as other players have wised up to her now. In her last two matches against Martina Hingis, she has only got a combined total of 4 games. This is something that would not have been contemplated 5 years ago.
She has been unlucky with her injuries, and the death of her father through cancer, and I feel that it is probably only a matter of time before she gives up tennis to concentrate on other things.
She has had quite a successful career, but you do feel that she could have gone down as one of the all time greats but for her misfortune.
