PODCAST – In the third episode of the mini-series Scandals dedicated to the events that shook the sports world, we look back at the 1993 World No. 1 tennis player’s mid-match stabbing.
He first became famous for screaming loudly on the court when hitting the ball. Almost every female tennis player does it today, but Monica Seles, in the 90s, was a pioneer. The American is also the main rival of Germany’s Steffi Graf, who has dominated the circuit so far.
If the sports rivalry is undeniable, the animosity or even the fight that develops between the two women is manufactured by the media and the general public. Steffi Graf as Beauty, and Monica Seles… who becomes the Ugly Duckling. For Steffi Graf fan Gunter Parce, it’s unbearable. So one morning in April of ’93, he jumped on a train to go to a tournament in Hamburg featuring Steffi Graf and Monica Seles. In his bag he keeps a boning knife…
On April 30, 1993, Monica Seles was stabbed mid-match during a tournament in Hamburg.
As part of a new mini-series Scandals , dedicated to the major cases that have tarnished the world of sports, journalist Camille Maestracci looks back at this attack. What exactly happened in the court that day? Who is this man armed with a knife that comes out of nowhere? How is Monica Seles going to get out of this whole story?
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Scandals is a podcast Madame Figaro, written and performed by Marion Galli-Ramuno and produced by Lucille Russo-Garcia. Camille Maestracci is the author and voice of this mini-series dedicated to sports scandals. Océane Ciuni is the editor-in-chief Scandals, a podcast produced by Louie Créative, Louie Média’s audio content agency. This episode can be found on all listening platforms: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Music.
Source: Le Figaro
