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Women tennis great Martina Hingis of Switzerland has announced she will retire from the sport at the end of this week’s WTA Finals in Singapore.
The 37-year-old multiple Grand Slam champion is currently playing in the doubles tournament alongside Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan.
“Looking back now, it’s hard to believe that almost exactly 23 years ago I made my professional debut,” Hingis said on Facebook on Thursday.
“The years that followed have been some of the most rewarding years of my life, both personally and professionally.
“But I believe the time has come for me to retire, which I will be doing after my last match here in Singapore.”
The retirement will be Hingis’s third in a long and illustrious career.
During her career, she claimed 25 Grand Slam titles since her WTA Tour debut in 1994, five in singles, seven in mixed doubles…
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