Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, 32, announced her retirement from professional tennis in an article for Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines. "Tennis - I'm saying goodbye," she wrote, adding, "After 28 years and five Grand Slam titles, though, I'm ready to scale another mountain - to compete on a different type of terrain.

Tennis - I'm saying goodbye, says Maria Sharapova

The former world number one will sit out the French Open, which she won in 2012 and 2014, for the second year in a row

Maria Sharapova denied French Open wild card

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Tennis - I'm saying goodbye, says Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova denied French Open wild card