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Friday 27 OctOber 2017

Martina Hingis to retire

again after WTA Finals

to hold the No. 1 ranking in
singles and doubles at the
same time in her career.
This year, Hingis has won
nine women’s doubles
titles, including the U.S.
Open with Chan. She also
won the Wimbledon and
In this Sept. 7, 2017, file photo, Venus Williams returns a shot U.S. Open mixed doubles
from Sloane Stephens during the semifinals of the U.S. Open trophies with Jamie Murray.
tennis tournament,in New York. Hingis won last year’s WTA
Associated Press Finals doubles title with Sa-
Venus Williams nia Mirza of India.
Hingis first walked away
reaches semifinals In this Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 file photo, Martina Hingis, of from tennis in 2003 because
of injuries.
She returned to the sport
Switzerland, kisses the women’s doubles championship trophy
at WTA Finals next to partner Chan Yung-Jan, of Taiwan, not pictured, after in 2006, but after testing
positive for cocaine during
beating Katerina Siniakova, of Czech Republic, and Lucie
Hradecka, of the Czech Republic, in the women’s doubles final
of the U.S. Open tennis tournament. the 2007 Wimbledon tour-
nament she left the game
SINGAPORE (AP) — Venus 26 for Williams. Associated Press
Williams reached the semi- “I’m very proud of this SINGAPORE (AP) — Martina this will probably be my last again. Despite having al-
finals at the WTA Finals by year.” said Muguruza, who Hingis announced Thursday year,” Hingis said. “Prob- ready retired, in 2008 she
beating Wimbledon cham- reached the No. 1 ranking that she will retire from ten- ably people think after a was sentenced to a two-
pion Garbine Muguruza for the first time this season. nis for the third time in her season like this (to contin- year ban from tennis for the
7-5, 6-4 on Thursday. “I knew here that it’s going career at the end of the ue) but I think it’s perfect positive drug test.
The 37-year-old Williams to be tough, the best eight ongoing WTA Finals. timing because you want “The previous times (I re-
advanced from the White players are playing.” The Swiss initially confirmed to stop on top.” tired) I always had things in
Group along with Karolina Pliskova led 3-2 in the first the news on Twitter and “I couldn’t ask for a better the back of my head that
Pliskova, who lost to French set of the early match, but Facebook after winning finish.” I might be able to, singles
Open champion Jelena the already-eliminated her quarterfinal doubles The 37-year-old Hingis and then doubles, might
Ostapenko 6-3, 6-1. Both Ostapenko won the next match. The top-seeded amassed five Grand Slam be able to do that,” Hingis
Williams and Pliskova fin- seven games for a 6-3, 3-0 pair, Hingis and Chan singles titles, 13 Grand Slam said. “I think now it’s defi-
ished with 2-1 records. lead. Yung-Jan of Taipei, defeat- doubles titles, and seven nite. Before I was thinking I
Williams, who first reached “Really tough to push my- ed Anna-Lena Groenefeld Grand Slam mixed doubles might come back.”
the No. 1 ranking in Febru- self into it and to play the of Germany and Kveta Pe- titles during her stop-start In 2013, Hingis returned to
ary 2002, was asked how best tennis if you know schke of Czech Republic career. tennis as a doubles-only
she has managed to have you’re qualified,” Pliskova 6-3, 6-2. Overall, she has won 43 sin- player. She won 10 of her
such a long career. said. “Wasn’t being ever in “I told Latisha (Chan) from gles and 64 doubles titles, Grand Slam doubles titles
“I use a lot of sun protec- this situation, so I felt weird the start (of the year), ‘Hey and was one of six players since coming out of retire-
tion, sunscreen. I eat a lot today.” ment in 2013.q
of fruits and vegetables,” Pliskova, who earned the
“That’s been the key to my time in her career after Federer, Del Potro, Cilic
No. 1 ranking for the first
Williams said.
success.” Wimbledon, remains in
Williams won the WTA Finals contention to finish the advance to Basel quarterfinals
in 2008 and reached the fi- season at the top. Mugu-
nal in 2009, which was the ruza, Simona Halep, Elina Martin del Potro both eased
last time she appeared in Svitolina and Caroline Woz- into the Swiss Indoors quar-
the year-end tournament. niacki also have a chance terfinals by beating French
On Thursday, Muguruza to become the year-end opponents in straight sets
made 32 unforced errors to No. 1.q on Thursday. Top-seeded
Federer cruised to a 6-1,
6-3 win over 40th-ranked
Benoit Paire in 57 minutes.
Federer took his second
match-point chance on
Paire’s serve, approaching
the net to hit a forehand
crosscourt winner.
Federer has not faced a
break point this week in
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Roger Federer and Juan two matches at his home-
town event in Basel. He
Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina returns to Bulgaria’s Grigor next plays another French-
Dimitrov during the men’s singles final at the ATP Stockholm man, seventh-seeded Adri-
Open tennis tournament Sunday Oct. 22, 2017, in Stockholm.
Associated Press an Mannarino.q