Martina Hingis announced her retirement from professional tennis on social media on Friday, after reaching the semifinals with Taiwanese partner Chan Yung-Jan at the WTA Finals.
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/10/29
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)–Martina Hingis announced her retirement from
Martina Hingis announced her retirement from professional tennis on social media on Friday. (By Central News Agency)
professional tennis on social media on Friday, after reaching the semifinals with Taiwanese partner Chan Yung-Jan (詹詠然) at the WTA Finals.
Hingis and her partner Chan Yung-Jan at the WTA Finals (Photo by CNA).
“Now that the cat is out of the bag, here we are for the third, and final time,” Hingis wrote on Facebook, referring to previous two retirements. “Looking back now, it’s hard to believe that almost exactly 23 years ago I made my professional debut. 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.”
This is the third time that Hingis has left the sport. She first quit in 2003, at the age of 22, citing injuries, and her second career came to end in 2007, when she was 27 years old, after she tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine at that year’s Wimbledon. [FULL STORY]