Tennis champ Monica Seles, voted the greatest player of all time by Tennis Magazine, has taken up a new challenge with ABC's sixth season of Dancing With The Stars.
Dancing With The Stars waltzed back on to US TV, Monday, March 18, with R&B star Mario setting the early standard with a sizzling cha-cha.
However, most of the novices had to take a savaging from the judges. Actor Steve Guttenberg, magician Penn Jillette and DJ Adam Corolla all failed to reach the 20-point mark.
Seles has teamed up with Jonathan Roberts, who returns for his fifth season. Jonathan finished in third place last season alongside partner Marie Osmond.
Seles and Jonathan will compete against Priscilla Presley, Marlee Matlin, Jason Taylor, Kristi Yamaguchi, Adam Carolla (Comedy Central's The Man Show) Cristian de la Fuente, Shannon Elizabeth, Steve Guttenberg, R&B superstar Mario, Penn Jillette and Marissa Jaret Winokur.
Monica Seles, 34, is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. She was born in the erstwhile Yugoslavia and took US citizenship in 1994. She won nine Grand Slam singles titles. At age 16, she was the youngest-ever champion at the French Open (1990).
In 1993, Monica was forced out of the sport for two years following an on-court knife stabbing at the back by a spectator in Germany. She returned to the game in 1995. She won a singles title at the Australian Open in 1996, but could not reproduce her former charisma on the court.
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