Dark Day
"I remember sitting there, toweling off, and then I leaned forward to take a sip of water, our time was almost up and my mouth was dry. The cup had barely touched my lips when I felt a horrible pain in my back, my head whipped around towards where it hurt and I saw a man wearing a baseball cap, a sneer across his face. His arms were raised above his head and his hands were clutching a long knife. He started to lunge at me again. I didn't understand what was happening.'
- Monica Seles
On April 30, 1993, then world #1 Monica Seles played Magdlena Maleeva in the Citizen Cup in Germany. Seles was up 4-3 in the second set after having won the first, and appeared to be within reach of taking the match and moving on to tournament.
It was during the changeover that 39-year-old Gunter Parche leaned over and stabbed at Seles with a nine-inch blade. Oarche later admitted an obsession with Steffi Graf, Seles' rival, and sought to end the rivalry herself.
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