| By TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press Writer
MIAMI (AP) -- A man accused of stalking Martina Hingis testified Tuesday
that he thinks the tennis star may no longer love him because she probably
found someone else while he's been in jail.
Dubravko Rajcevic told jurors he believes Hingis did love him because
she smiled at the TV cameras after winning a French Open match only hours
after he sent her a fax telling her to smile more.
``Yes, I believe she was in love with me, but I've been in jail for
one yrobably found someone else.''
Rajcevic, a 46-year-old Australian who was born in Croatia, was at times
argumentative and rambling as he answered questions from his attorney,
Frank Abrams, and prosecutor Christopher Calkin.
He spent more than an hour on the witness stand Tuesday after about
three hours of testimony on Monday.
Rajcevic said he fell in love with Hingis after seeing her on TV while
while at home in Australia about the time he was divorcing his wife.
Thinking that a relationship could develop with Hingis, Rajcevic said
he began sending her faxes and letters expressing his admiration of her.
He even traveled to her Swiss home to deliver her flowers.
``Is it wrong if I want to marry Martina?'' he said.
Rajcevic bristled when Calkin said that he had been ``chasing'' Hingis
to tennis tournaments around the world.
``I was traveling not chasing,'' Rajcevic said. ``Chasing means that
she was running and I was behind.''
He admits, however, that after seeing her testify on Monday, he realizes
that a marriage between them probably wouldn't have worked. He said their
relationship probably would have ended in divorce, just like his first
marriage.
Hingis was not in the court Tuesday. But Rajcevic, confident the jury
will acquit him, asked his lawyer to bring a packed bag to the courtroom
on Tuesday.
Closing arguments were expected to begin Tuesday afternoon.
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