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Martina Hingis Tests Positive for Cocaine, Retires from Tennis

Atlanta, Ga. 11/2/2007 1:43:42 AM

Martina Hingis, former world No. 1 tennis superstar, announced her retirement from the sport on Thursday after telling reporters she had tested positive for cocaine at this year’s Wimbledon tournament.

 

Hingis adamantly denied ever using cocaine and said in a statement “I have tested positive but I have never taken drugs and I feel 100 percent innocent.” The 27-year-old who has captured five Grand Slam titles, including Wimbledon in 1997, said she revealed the news so that she didn’t want “to have a fight with anti-doping authorities.”

 

In an almost side note type delivery Hingis announced her departure from the game saying “Because of my age and my health problems I have also decided to retire from professional tennis.”

 

Hingis won more than $20 million in prize money during a professional career that began in 1994. Over the course of her career she was ranked No. 1 for 209 weeks but injuries slowed her down at an early age. Ligament damage to both ankles forced a retirement when she was only 22 but she returned when she was 26.

 

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