Article: Lawn Tennis: Banned Hingis set for city showcase; Ex-Wimbledon champ Martina signs up for the International.(Sport)

Byline: By DAVID PRENTICE

BANNED tennis star Martina Hingis is coming out of retirement this summer to play the Liverpool International.

Tournament organiser Anders Borg has secured a major coup in persuading the five-time Grand Slam winner and former world number one to feature in the legends line up at Calderstones Park in June.

The one-time tennis prodigy, still only 27, was handed a two-year ban in January after testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine while competing at Wimbledon last year.

The Swiss star vehemently denied the findings and has since ...

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