MELBOURNE, Australia — The bittersweet story of Monica Seles’ 1996 Australian Open title actually begins in 1994, when Seles has yet to decide how to spend the rest of her life. She is a year removed from a spring day in Hamburg, Germany when a deranged fan of Steffi Graf stormed onto the court during a changeover at the Citizen Cup and stabbed Seles between her shoulder blades. Seles is 19 when that happens, an eight-time Grand Slam winner seemingly destined to become the greatest female tennis
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