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Russian tennis star Sharapova, five-time Grand Slam winner, retires

Updated: 2020-02-26 21:49

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Russia's Maria Sharapova after her match against Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic Mubadala at World Tennis Championship, Dec 19, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]

MOSCOW - Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam winner, is retiring from professional tennis at the age of 32, she wrote in Vanity Fair on Wednesday.

"In giving my life to tennis, tennis gave me a life. I'll miss it everyday," she wrote.

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