Hingis Retires Again After Testing Positive For Cocaine

Shocking news from CNNSI:
Hingis retires amid cocaine scandal
Five-time Grand Slam champ tested positive in June:

First, my take on this issue: If you're not guilty, just go on with your game and prove that it's not true. Sayang, she's the last remnant of that era were "court sense" and deft, smart shots can win you a game, not brute power alone.

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ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- In an out-of-nowhere end to Martina Hingis' comeback, the five-time Grand Slam champion revealed Thursday she tested positive for cocaine at Wimbledon and will retire for a second time rather than fight what she called a "horrendous" accusation.

"I am frustrated and angry," the 27-year-old Hingis said at a news conference in Zurich, Switzerland, her voice breaking as she fought back tears. "I believe that I am absolutely, 100 percent innocent."

She read a prepared statement ending with the vow, "I have never taken drugs," then left without taking questions.

Full story here: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/tennis/11/01/hingis.cocaine.ap/index.html

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