she had won eight grand slam events, seles had, before she turned 20.e that all within a three-year time span. number one in the world at the top of her game. so, then she never, as i said, quite recovered in that way. so the mental anguish, the mental stress, we saw a glimpse with kvitova in her twitter feed where she was very optimistic and grounded great about it. and that's a good sign moving forward. >> yeah, christine, thank you. great to talk to you. >> always my pleasure. >> all right how about some good stuff for you? next. as a supervisor at pg&e, it's my job to protect public safety, keeping the power lines clear, while also protecting the environment. the natural world is a beautiful thing, the work that we do helps us protect it. public education is definitely a big part of our job, to teach our customers about the best type of trees to plant around the power lines. we want to keep the power on for our customers. we want to keep our community safe. this is our community, this is where we live. we need to make sure that we have a beautiful p

seles recovered two years later and in fact she won another major title. honestly, she was never the same again. today's news really has sent shock waves through the tennis community. martina navratilova who kvitova idolizes wrote on twitter, "just finding out about petra kvitova and the awful stabbing and injury to her hand. pulling for you, petra." and caroline wozniacki said, "just heard what happened. all my thoughts are with her today. so scary. one of the nicest people i know." for sure the tennis community and sports fans worldwide are sending their best wishes to petra kvitova. it remains to be seen just how serious this is going to be. but we do wish her the very best. back to you. >> don riddell, thank you. and thank you for watching "cnn newsroom" live from los angeles. i'm john vause. max foster will join me live from berlin with the very latest on the terror investigation there after a short break. i we worked with pg&eof to save energy because wenie. wanted to help the school. they would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you

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in 1993 monica seles was stabbed in the back during a tournament.eles says her game never recovered. >> i just felt like woo, something in my back. >> reporter: kvitova's reps say her surgery went well, and that the end of her career did not even cross her mind. something she echoed in her facebook post. if you know anything about me, i am strong and i will fight this. according to her publicist, the injury is serious but the surgeon says she is young and healthy and no reason she won't be able to play tennis again, but this does mean unfortunately, that she will have to sit out the australian open next month. the first grand slam tournament of the 2017 tennis season, but she was defending herself, and that's how her hands got hurt. >> just incredible. thanks so much. did you guys feel it 5:44 this morning? >> i felt it, like, for the past week. >>> ginger, what is this all about? >> the winter solstice passed, so you can't say winter is coming at least for a while. you have to say winter is here at 5:44 a.m., december 21st. we have done it. we've c

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monica seles was the top player in the world in 1993 when she was stabbed in the back. cameras rolling. the sports world stunned. she struggled to bounce back but another never did, retiring after an armed assault, urging kvitova to stay strong, thinking to the worst is over. kvitova's powerful left-handed ground strokes won her 19 titles, including two grand slams at wimbledon and the bronze at rio. >> this medal means a lot. >> reporter: it will be three months before she'll be able to lift a tennis racket, but -- >> from a mental standpoint, a comeback is possible. instilling that sense of safety for this particular tennis player is going to be important in her recovery. >> reporter: kvitova is putting on a brave face, tweeting if you know anything about me, i'm strong andil now, believe it or not, the attacker is still at large. kvitova will be in a cast about eight weeks and unfortunately that means missing the australian open, the first grand slam event of the year. >> that is scary, we wish her the best. lucy, thank you very much. >>> al is back with a look at th

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