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...makes good drama when they face each other, which in the U.S. Open, owing to the draw, could happen only in the finals. Fifteenth-ranked Magdalena Maleeva, 26, who lost to one of her two older sisters at four separate majors, says, "To play tennis you need the killer instinct. It's hard to have the killer instinct with your sister...
...1/2- in.-deep cut in the muscles of her upper back. Doctors at a nearby hospital closed the wound and predicted that it would heal quickly. Nevertheless, the wound put her out of the Hamburg tournament -- she was top seed and was leading Bulgarian Magdalena Maleeva 6-4, 4-3 when she was stabbed -- and trainers were uncertain if she would be fit to defend her title May 24 in the French Open...
...still evokes awe. Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, who beat Navratilova twice in 1990 but was steamrollered at the Garden last week, says, "I really don't think she's getting any less good. There are days when she plays the best tennis she has ever played. She just has more ups and downs." When asked about her highlights of 1992, Navratilova cites two victories and, unthinkable a few years ago, a defeat by the current No. 1, Monica Seles, at Wimbledon. "I looked at the videotape, and it was much closer than I thought," she says with a smile. A couple...
...Shriver ousted sixth-seeded Manuela Maleeva of Bulgaria and number seven Zina Garrison Stopped west Germany's Sylvia Hanika in first-round matches of the $500.000 Virginia Slims Tennis championships last night...
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