Seles Attacker In Court

Prosecutors want another chance to imprison the German lathe operator who stabbed Monica Seles two years ago because he wanted Steffi Graf to become No. 1 in women’s tennis.

Guenter Parche, given a two-year suspended sentence at his first trial in October 1993, was hauled back into court last month by prosecutors seeking a prison term. Seles’ attorneys had also appealed.

But Judge Gertraut Goering on Monday confirmed the earlier sentence, much to the outrage of Seles and the international tennis community.

A new appeal was entered Thursday.

Parche, 41, stabbed Seles in the back with a kitchen knife as she sat on a courtside bench during the 1993 Hamburg Open.