SELES CRUSHES SABATINI, FACES UPSTART COETZER IN FINAL FINAL Edition

[Monica] Seles continued to treat her competitive comeback like her own personal demolition derby Saturday at the Canadian Open, where she battered and then immobilized yet another supposedly qualified opponent. And then, because the player she had reduced to rubble was the gracious Gabriela Sabatin...

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Published inSun-sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Main Author ROBIN FINN The New York Times
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fort Lauderdale Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 20.08.1995
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Summary:[Monica] Seles continued to treat her competitive comeback like her own personal demolition derby Saturday at the Canadian Open, where she battered and then immobilized yet another supposedly qualified opponent. And then, because the player she had reduced to rubble was the gracious Gabriela Sabatini, one of the very few who had genuinely seemed to miss her, and because she now understands just how it feels to be a victim, Seles shed a few tears out of sympathy. But for all 49 minutes of their one-sided 6-1, 6-0 semifinal, the businesslike Seles wore her game face. As an embarrassed Sabatini later pointed out after winning only a single game: "She didn't let me play my game. I didn't play so bad; she just played great.