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Seles opens up
' MAHWAH. N J. July 10 : Monica Seles held a news conference under a biue-and white tent Thursday. Il was an appropriate setting for an event that resembled a circus, reports AP
Meeting the press for the first Ume since puffing out of Wimbledon late month. Seles got the kind of superstar attention usually reserved for one of her idols — Madonna
Speaking in front of 200 reporters. dozens of photogra phers, 16 microphones and one barking dog. the world's top-ranked woman tennis player defended her decision to drop out of eight and avoid the press after withdrawing from Wimbledon just three days before the tournament started on June 24.
'I don't think I made a mistake.- she said. 1 felt a tot of pressure. a lot of pressure inside myself . I was confused. I Just was nt ready to talk.'
Sitting in sweltering heat under an open tent in the Pathmark Tennis Classic. Seles
brow with a paper towel Seles, wearing black Jeans and a flowered tank top. also felt the heat of probing questions from a press corps eager to get a hill explanation for her bizarre be havlour In recent weeks
Why. for Instance. did she originally have her M^nt Isaue ■ *Mue pt™ release saying she withdrew from Wimbledon because of a 'mf w accident?
And why did the 17 year
wearing wigs as a disguise and refusing to answii phone calls from anyone. including the
Lhead of the Women. Tennis
Association ?
And why did It take her al most a month to finally issue a statement explaining that she didn't play at Wimbledon be cause of shin splints and a stress fracture in her left leg 7
Pressed to answer these and other querulous questions during the 30-minute news conference. Seles sounded like a confused teenager who couidn t quite figure out what al the fuss was about
She said the main reason she avoided the press and WTA officials after Wimbledon was because she was as nuzzled ss everyone else about her Injury Seles claimed she saw six doe
finally ■ mrrect dlsg
nosls from Dr Richard Steadman, an orthopaedic
specialist tn Vail. Colo
"1 kept getting all these different answers." said Seles, whose rambling responses were Interrupted several times by the barking of her dog. a Yorkshire Terrier named
Astro
"One dot tor said I needed surgery, another said it was just shin splints and another said it was OK for me to play I didn t know what to think."
While Monica was mum, the press had a field day speculating about her whereabouts, motives and physical problems One British tabloid hinted she was pregnant, while others al leged that she skipped Wimbledon to protect a big bonus from her racket sponsor that might have been In jeopardy had she lost her No I ranking In England
Seles wouldn't reveal where she hid out after Wimbledon, dismissed the pregnancy ru mour as "way out of line" and refuted the bonus allegation
"I would have gotten the bonus no matter what I did at W1n*ledon." she said "In fact. I would have gotten a tot more money for winning Wimbledon But I've never played tennis for money and I never will
Still. Seles won t turn down the sUftgure fee she s getting for appearing In the Pathmark exhibition, tn which she was scheduled to play Andrea Leand on Thursday night. It would be Seles first match since beating Arantxa Sanchez Vicario In the French Open ft
rial on June 8
Seles Is also scheduled to . play for Yugoslavia in the Federation Cup next week at Nottingham. England. But she said that will depend on how she feels after playing in Mahwah
*1 want to test my teg before making a decision. ~ Seles said. Seles said she is undergoing therapy three times a day and that she will wear special orthopaedic Insqles in her
"I don't know whether It helps my leg. but it sure helps me mentally." slie said of the therapy. "My teg feels great. But I'm going to take it slow. I don't want to push myself before I'm ready"
Many followers of the tennis tour feel Setes was victimized by bad advice from her family and business representatives But her brother-manager, Zoltan, and her agent. Bob Kain of International Management Group, said Seles was the one who wanted to remain silent during the controversy
"We're not the boss She’s the boss." Kain said. "We ad vised her. but she made the ft nal decision."
Although the news conference was dominated by serious questions, there were a few light moments
Tournament director Hohn KorfT gave Setes a large cake with her first name and No 1 spelled out in icing. KorfT also handed Seles a blue T-shirt that read : "Rome. Parle. Wimbledon. Mahwah ' Wimbledon was crossed out with a black line.
After hesitating for a mo ment Setes held up the shirt for photographers and smiled ,