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Tennis star to retire at 33

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has announced her retirement from tennis at age 33.

Halep spoke to the crowd after a first-round loss at a tournament in her home country of Romania on Tuesday. This ends her injury-filled comeback from a doping suspension.

Halep’s last match was a 6-1, 6-1 loss to Lucia Bronzetti in the Transylvania Open. Halep reached No. 1 in the WTA rankings for the first time in 2017 and won the French Open in 2018 and Wimbledon in 2019. She was given a four-year ban after testing positive at the 2022 U.S. Open but that punishment was reduced to nine months on appeal.

Tiger Woods’ mom dies at 80

Kultida Woods, the Thai-born mother of Tiger Woods who instilled his dominant spirit and encouraged him to wear a red shirt on Sunday as his power color, died Tuesday.

Woods announced the death of his 80-year-old mother in a social media post. He did not disclose a cause or other details. She was at his indoor TMRW Golf League match last week in South Florida, where she lived.

He described her as a “force of nature” who was his biggest supporter from the time she drove him to junior golf tournaments in California to being there for his 15 major championships, often wearing her wide-brimmed visor and sunglasses.

“It is with heartfelt sadness that I want to share that my dear mother, Kultida Woods, passed away early this morning,” Woods wrote. “My Mom was a force of nature all her own, her spirit was simply undeniable. She was quick with the needle and a laugh. She was my biggest fan, greatest supporter, without her none of my personal achievements would have been possible.”

Woods’ father, Earl Woods, died in 2006.

The Associated Press

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