Tennis star may miss Seoul
NZPA-Reuter Belgrade Personal problems and injury may keep the Yugoslav tennis star, Slobodan Zivojinovic, out of this month’s Seoul Olympics, Yugoslavia’s Davis Cup captain said yesterday. “He is totally out of form now and is not practising very much,” Radmilo Armenulic said. “He has a lot of family problems and his elbow is slightly injured. I am sure he is not very keen to play in Seoul.” Without Zivojinovic, who
made a first-round exit from the U.S. Open this week, the only Yugoslav tennis player in Seoul would be the 17-year-old Goran Ivanisevic. Bruno Oresar, a Davis Cup regular like Zivojinovic, has already pulled out of the Games saying the fast, hardcourt surface would not suit his game and the deadline for replacing Olympic players has passed. Zivojinovic refused to talk to journalists after going out of the U.S. Open in straight sets to the
Swede Johan Carlsson. Zagreb’s daily newspaper “Sportske Novosti” said he was so depressed by the defeat that he would not go to Seoul. Zivojinovic’s turbulent personal life has been the subject of much media attention recently and has been blamed for his current bad form. Earlier this year he announced plans to marry the top Yugoslav pop singer, Lepa Brena, but the couple
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