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Bartoli shocks with retirement

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author


Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has shocked the tennis world by announcing her retirement from the sport at the age of 28.

She dropped the bombshell at a media briefing after a second round loss to Romanian Simona Halep at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.

Her surprise announcement comes just six weeks after she beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki in the Wimbledon final.

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