Hingis Shocks Sports World by Positive Test for Cocaine

Since returning to the WTA, Hingis won three titles, was the runner-up in three tournaments, and qualified for the 2006 WTA Tour Championships in Madrid.

Martina Hingis has stunned the tennis world by revealing that she tested positive for cocaine at Wimbledon.

BERNE, Switzerland - Martina Hingis stunned the tennis world Thursday, by revealing that she tested positive for cocaine at Wimbledon.

The 27-year-old Hingis, known as the "Swiss Miss", also announced her retirement from tennis for the second time, and denied that she had ever taken performance-enhancing drugs.

Hingis says she was "shocked and appalled" by the results of test taken after she lost in the third round to Laura Granville 6-4 6-2.

In a statement Hingis said: "I find this accusation so horrendous, so monstrous, that I have decided to confront it head-on by talking to the press.

"My weapon on the tennis court is and always was one single thing: the game, the ingenuity on court. And for this style of tennis, there is only one performance enhancer -- the love of the game."

Hingis has hired an attorney to help her clear her name, but decided to retire because she did not want to become entangled in a lengthy legal process.

On November 29, 2005, after several surgeries and long recuperations, Hingis announced that she would return to the WTA tour, starting her professional comeback in Gold Coast, Australia in January 2006.

Since then, Hingis climbed as high as No. 6 in the world rankings, won three titles, was the runner-up in three tournaments, and qualified for the 2006 WTA Tour Championships in Madrid.

Her career record was 286-54.

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