She won nine Grand Slam tournaments, seven of them before she was even 19 years old. She stood 91 weeks at the Number 1 slot, utilizing a two-handed forehand that the world had never seen before. The name Monica Seles and tennis was synonymous with Michael Jordan and basketball, and both, ironically, share the same #6 BEIR Brain Type. Her name really rose to fame in April of 1993 when, going against fellow #6 BEIR Steffi Graf, a man obsessed with Graf stabbed Seles at an event in Germany. Two years later she would amazingly come back and win another Grand Slam.
Now, Monica is fighting a different battle, one called myasthenia gravis, or MG, a chronic autoimmune disease that affects 150 to 200 people per million worldwide. The disease causes the immune system to attack the pathways through which nerves and muscles communicate. “When I first got my diagnosis,” she say, “I’d never heard of it in the news or from anybody else. … After my stabbing, I had to deal with that internally for quite a few years to process it, and my MG diagnosis was kind of very similar. I had to understand my new normal of day-to-day life, what I can do workwise and different things.”
Seles now would like to do television commentary, and Chris Evert, she says, is a personal favorite. “I personally love listening to Chrissy, obviously because she can cover so many different generations and the expertise. She has so much life experience, which I think for the younger generation is so important to hear.” For those unaware, Evert is a rare #8 BEIL, virtually unheard of in the tennis world (especially now). Of course, if there is an area the #8 is gifted in, it’s critiquing the visual, Empircal world, and though a dominant Back brainer, Evert has blossomed in the commentator chair for over a decade now. Seles, too, could very well thrive.
And we hear Michael Jordan will be joining NBC for the first time next season! What #6 or #8 are we going to see next!?
Written By: Staff
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