French Open
Jun 8 2009, Marcus Brooks

Tennis historians remember 1993. A once vibrant and dominant, Monica Seles was sitting in a chair during a net change. Suddenly, a deranged German fan plunged a knife into her upper back and shoulder. She screamed in agony and the assailant was...

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