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Navratilova to play doubles in June

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Posted: Tuesday April 18, 2000 04:56 PM

Martina Navratilova last played in the Eastbourne grass-court championship six years ago. UKAllsport

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) -- Nine-time Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova will briefly come out of retirement to partner Mariaan de Swardt in the doubles competition at the Eastbourne grass-court championship in June.

Organizers said on Tuesday the pair had been handed a wild card for the June 19-24 event which is immediately before Wimbledon.

Navratilova, 43, won 10 singles titles at Eastbourne and six successive doubles titles with Pam Shriver between 198 and 1986. It's her first return to the tournament for six years.

De Swardt, 29, won the Eastbourne doubles title with Jana Novotna in 1998.

 

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