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Article: Tennis: Banned Hingis set for city showcase; Ex-Wimbledon champ Martina signs up for the International.(Sport)
- Article from:
- Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- March 4, 2008
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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 Calder stones 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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