Stalker believes Hingis will marry him

Hingis was competing in the Ericsson Open on Wednesday when her coach and mother, Melanie Molitor, reported Rajcevic to police as being a stalker who had pursued the world number one around the world swamping her with letters and faxes.

Police later issued Rajcevic with a warning not to enter the tournament grounds again, but less than 24 hours later, he was back sitting at the courtside.

He was arrested and charged, but released on a $ 1,000 bond.

In Miami on Thursday, Hingis trounced former world number one Monica Seles, who was injured and emotionally scarred by a stalker who stabbed her during a tournament a few years ago. Seles’s career stumbled badly after the stabbing incident.

But Rajcevic vowed he would never hurt Hingis, whom he said would be with him now if it were not for the people around her. He reportedly told the Sun-Herald from his Miami hotel that he had left his home in Perth after separating from his wife and son last June.

“We divorced and I needed to have space so I moved to Croatia — but I will probably return (to Australia) in time for the Olympics,” he said. “When I left my wife, I immediately became emotionally involved with Martina. I love her, I think she loves me, but she is not yet free because of the people who she has around her.”

“They say I distract Martina from her professional commitments. But I am no stalker. She feeds off my positive energy, she knows me well.”

Rajcevic said he travelled to the United States only after sending Hingis a fax “and she sent a message back saying it was fine for me to come.”

He admitted he had sent her 100 faxes, about 50 letters and said he had received positive feedback from her each time.