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More than an hour after her final pro match, way past midnight when the crowd was long gone, Martina Navratilova walked back into Arthur Ashe Stadium. ``I took a photo on centre court,'' she said. ``Just for posterity sake.'' A month before her 50th birthday, Navratilova finished off her competitive career Saturday night by winning her 59th Grand Slam title, teaming with American Bob Bryan to take the mixed doubles ...

Even in her final pro match, Martina Navratilova was eager to get going. ``Anytime, darling,'' she told the chair umpire before he signalled for play to start. A month shy of her 50th birthday, Navratilova closed out her competitive career Saturday night in fitting fashion: a mixed doubles championship at the U.S. Open for her 59th Grand Slam title. Navratilova teamed with Bob Bryan to beat Kueta Peschke and Martin Damm 6-2, 6-3 before an appreciative crowd that ...

Martina Navratilova's last match will be for a Grand Slam title. Navratilova and Bob Bryan advanced to the mixed doubles final at the U.S. Open when their semifinal opponents withdrew Friday because of an injury. Navratilova has announced she will retire for a second time after this tournament. She and Bryan were supposed to face Americans Meghann Shaughnessy and Justin Gimelstob in the semifinals, but Gimelstob pulled out before the ...

Martina Navratilova insists this is her final tournament as a pro, and the crowd at the U.S. Open is determined to give her a proper send-off. Navratilova drew cheers Thursday every time she and Nadia Petrova won a point in their doubles quarter-final, which they wound up losing to the top-seeded and defending champion Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur 7-6 (1), 6-3. ``We're still learning about each other, but it's ...

On the verge of her second retirement, Martina Navratilova sounds as though she feels overshadowed by Andre Agassi's impending exit. Asked Saturday if she's going through the emotional turmoil Agassi's discussed at length at the U.S. Open, Navratilova responded: ``Oh, I am going through all of that. It's just that the whole world doesn't know it.'' Navratilova, who turns 50 in October, left the sport in 1994 after winning 167 singles titles, but then returned for doubles in 2000. ...

MONTREAL (CP) _ Hundreds of tennis fans crowded around practice courts Monday as two players named Martina prepared for their opening rounds in the Rogers Cup. Most of the eyes and cameras were focused on Martina Navratilova as the 49-year-old trained for her final professional appearance in Canada before retiring later this year. Now a doubles specialist, the tennis legend is hoping to end her career ...

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) _ Martina Navratilova is ready to retire. Really. Navratilova, who turns 50 in October, announced Tuesday at Wimbledon that this will be her final year of professional tennis, although she's not exactly sure where she'll play her last tournament. ``It's time. It's enough,'' she said. ``I just, you know, want to move on to my next ...

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) _ Martina Navratilova says she will play at Wimbledon despite her last-minute withdrawal from a warmup tournament. ``I'll be good for Wimbledon, 100 per cent,'' Navratilova said Tuesday. ``I'm sure I'll be 100 per cent and ready to go.'' Navratilova, a nine-time singles champion at Wimbledon, plans to play doubles and mixed doubles at the Grand Slam ...

By Howard Fendrich The Associated Press Even as she approaches her 50th birthday and recovers from knee surgery, Martina Navratilova plans to play a full schedule of doubles tournaments in 2006, including the Grand Slams, and might take another stab at singles. ``I just feel like I'm not quite done yet,'' Navratilova said Thursday in a telephone ...