European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ill Opall speaking of Seles George Vecsey new York times o h yeah of yeah of yeah. It is going around like some mad computer virus this thing of speaking like. Monica Seles which Means you Are talking in hungarian Valley girl accent and have trouble finishing your thought or your sentence which has been getting worse every Day. As i was saying to my brother Zoltan on thursday a actually i do not have a brother Zoltan maybe a Long lost Cousin or two with that name a but you see Monica has a a Braw Thor Zovic Tan Quot and she usually manages to mention him along with her Mother and her father the cartoonist who created her in a moment of inspiration on his drawing Board and now look what they have wrought this out sized Genius who keeps getting bigger like one of those Gigantic mice in the thanksgiving Day Parade As it gets pumped Fuller and Fuller heh heh heh heh and the other Day i tried to imagine a conversation Between squeaky Monica and squeaky Julie Krone in which Krone was describing what it feels like to Boot a horse Home. First and Seles was describing what it feels like to smash a backhand into the Corner on match Point and both of them understanding the other one two Gutty champions of our time. This Monica mania has been getting worse As she rampaged through the . Open which continued Friday against Conchita Martinez in the semifinals and then the final today sometime whenever the men take a break How disrespectful to the women because in my Humble opinion tee Hee tee Hee Seles has been the most fascinating player in this tournament even if she plays for Nike that rogue corporation that brings her to the sideline of monday night football on the very night that it is sticking it to that Nice nil by announcing a private Deal with the Dallas cowboys. There she is in the company of other giant egos like Phit Knight and Jerry Jones on her night off from Tennis a few feet away from rampaging roid rage athletes in full Armor and she s totally aglow and you can t keep your eyes off her and you think How hideous it must have been for this flamboyant Young Star to have to hide from the spotlight for 2vi years while she was recuperating from that ghastly stabbing where she was in a form of House arrest and the Jerk who stabbed her was walking around Loose thanks to the German courts and even now she talks about keeping her sorrow Quot in a boxy and opening it Only when she needs to. Monica Seles was in the Valley of the semifinals Friday is. Conchita Martinez. Back with Agassi is. Becker Julie cart los Angeles times because she is too Busy going to Broadway musicals showboat and How to succeed in business and in Between she befriends sobbing hungarian Junior players and paints her nails and raves about Cal Ripken s eyes and jabber on totally americanized except for the telltale gritting of her to a like an Eastern european much the Way Ivan Lendl used to grit out the ominous Quot i did not invite him to the  a she has lost most of that old Woody Woodpecker laugh where at the end of the interview you expected her to Giggle and say Quot that s All folks a but now she has grown two inches taller. And she has a healthy Well rounded look and in a world sadly full of. Anorexics and bulimics who Are afraid to look like adult women she seems comfortable enough with herself to come Back with a bit of a Tummy on her and i Hope she keeps it because it reminds me of none other than babe Ruth himself another of the great outsize a a characters in sports history not that i wish his excesses on her or even suspect them but because it gives her character just like her two syllable Kung fun master scream before whaling away at the Tennis Ball a Quot a Yeeee a a scaring off the pigeons alerting Volunteer fire departments and bouncing an Echo off the Empire state building. More Power to her i say meanwhile the Tennis purists Are _ brooding Quot what does this say about the state of women a Tennis if Moniea can come Back and chop everybody Down and have enough Energy to motor her Mouth until the tape recorders run Down a gosh that just proves Monica Seles is so me Force of nature an awesome Talent and we ought to Stop wringing our hands and Start giving thanks that she a Back you know what i mean think Tennis players Don t remember losses think again. Andre Agassi was asked to think of memorable matches he has played against Boris Becker his opponent in today a semifinal. He came up with a Davis cup match from 1989. Asked what was so memorable about it Agassi reeled off tiny details. He smiled then added a i have forgotten about the match put it out of my  underhanded while defeating Marc Rosset monday Becker did something that can be considered highly insulting a he served underhanded. To do this during a match he was easily winning was highly questionable but Becker said it was no big Deal. Quot he Rosset did no to want to play anymore at 40-love,&Quot Becker said. Quot so i served underhand and thought i won the game but then Marc did no to react. Not the Umpire so i had to serve All Over again. Of course i made a double.  if the shoe fits Becker was Given and declined a Chance to retract or tone Down remarks he made after Wimbledon suggesting Agassi was scheduled to play on the show courts at the All England club because of the Power wielded by his shoe company Nike. A Quot i thought i had a Point and i still think i have a Point Quot Becker said wednesday. Quot i did no to talk about Andre or other players personally. I talked about his company and How powerful of. A role it plays unfortunately in major championships. I think l have a Point there if you look Back the past 12  \ hard As nails Monica Seles is truly a Little Wacky. Its endearing. She showed up on court monday with the fingernails on her right hand each painted a different color. The nails on. Her left hand remained unpainted. Seles said a representative from a Nail polish company left samples for her at her hotel. She had nothing better to do sunday night she said so she painted her right hand. Being left handed Seles said she did no to have the skill to paint her left hand. But Why did no to she take the the # polish off before her nationally televised match Quot because i done to Wear Nail polish i did no to bring any Nail polish remover Quot Seles said. A Page 4 beyond the game. September 9-15, 1995