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It was back in 1989, that Austria’s Thomas Muster was overjoyed to defeat Yevgeny Kafelnikov in a gritty 5-set Miami semifinal. The Austrian was looking forward to his championship final the next day with Ivan Lendl. But it didn’t happen.
It was just 2 hours afterwards that Muster was loading items he’d just bought into the trunk of his car. The parking lot was crowded and a car came careening down a lane and pushed a parked car into Muster’s leg. He escaped without severe injuries but had enough scratches and bruises to stop him from playing the championship match.
Thomas Muster retired in 2011 at the Erste Bank Open at his native country of Austria. Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia was planning on playing her opponent Danielle Collins in the round of 64 this week. The Guadalajara Open in Mexico has an interesting environment and Beatriz wanted to be a part of that, but she had to withdraw.
Haddad Maia was merely starting to take a shower and as she attempted to push the glass shower door open, the frame loosened and fell on the no. 18 WTA player. It was her reflexes that told her to catch the slippery door but it fell, cutting her fingers.
She sustained lacerations on both hands…
