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The Latest: Federer Incident Recalls Seles Attack of 1993

PARIS — 3:44 p.m. (1344 GMT)

A selfie-seeking fan's up-close-and-personal approach of Roger Federer on center court at the French Open raises new questions about player security, an ever-present concern in tennis since the stabbing of Monica Seles in 1993.

Seles was a teenager and ranked No. 1 when obsessed fan Guenter Parche plunged a kitchen knife into her back as she sat on a bench during a changeover at a tournament in Hamburg, Germany.

Parche said he didn't want to kill Seles, only disable her long enough for German rival Steffi Graf to regain the No.