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Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, one of the world's most recognisable and highest-paid sportswomen, on February 26, announced her retirement at the age of 32. "Tennis - I'm saying goodbye," Sharapova said in an article for Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines. She added, "After 28 years and five Grand Slam titles, though, I'm ready to scale another mountain - to compete on a different type of terrain." Sharapova burst onto the scene as a supremely gifted teenager and won her Grand Slams before serving a 15-month ban for failing a drugs test at the 2016 Australian Open. The Russian former world number one's ranking is currently 373rd. Sharapova has hardly played in the past year because of long-standing shoulder problems. Watch this video to know more about her illustrious career.

The Bengaluru leg will follow the Pune ATP 250, an ATP Tour event, and the Australian Open, thereby ensuring the participation of some of the top players. The Bengaluru Open which boasts of a prize money of US$ 162,000 is the richest on the ATP Challenger circuit in terms of prize money played across the globe

The world no 1 Novak Djokovic outplayed Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 for his third Grand Slam title in a row. This was the Serbian top seed's 15th major and he went past American great Pete Sampras (14) be third on the all-time list

There will continue to be 32 seeds in Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open.