Tennis - Former world no. 1 and five time grand slam singles champion Martina Hingis will play for the Washington Kastles in the 2013 edition of the World Team Tennis league.
Hingis wil join the team which currently includes Venus Williams and Leander Paes. The Kastles have won the league last two years in a row, without losing a tie.
Hingis will join the Kastles on July 15, two days after her induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport.
Hingis has played for the New York Sportimes the last two years. She is currently the most valuable female player in the league,
Hingis became world no. 1 in 1997 - the youngest to do so - and broke a number of youngest ever records on the women's circuit.
HIngis is also involved in coaching currently and has been working at the Patrick Mouroatglou Academy in paris where she coaches Yulia Putintseva and Naomi Brady amongst others.
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