If [Monica Seles] gets back to the top this fast, what does it say about the rest of women's tennis? Have they been fooling themselves the entire time Seles was away? Should all of those championships won in Seles' absence have an asterisk adhered to them?

If you hear quotes from the women at the Open and think you detect a little ill will toward Seles, it probably won't be your imagination. With the issue of sympathy for Seles essentially put to rest, everyone is freer to call them as they see them. And someone might feel compelled to suggest that Seles' sense of timing hasn't exactly kept the game's best interests in mind this year.

Of all the occasions when Seles' exhibtion against Martina Navratilova could have been announced, the first week of the French Open was the one that was selected. In mid-tournament, suddenly it was Monica this and Monica that.