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EASTBOURNE, England (AP) -- Martina Navratilova´s short-lived return to singles is over, but not before she showed she can still compete with players nearly half her age. The 45-year-old Navratilova lost 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 to third-seeded Daniela Hantuchova -- a player 26 years younger -- at the Eastbourne grasscourt championships Wednesday. On Tuesday, playing her first tour singles match in eight years, Navratilova beat Tatiana Panova 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, becoming the oldest woman to win a WTA match. ``I´ve always taken it one year at a time and I don´t know if I´m even playing next year,´´ Navratilova said after her loss. ``But I have no plans to play singles again. This really was a one-off. ``It was fun and I think that I showed I had a good time out there and I played some good tennis. I think that I showed that I can keep pace and stay with these girls. I won a match and lost a three-setter to a player ranked 13.´´ Navratilova said she hopes the crowd enjoyed seeing her back on center court. ``I´ve had my run and this is just a bonus for me,´´ she said. ``I think a lot of people enjoy watching this kind of tennis. I just hope I inspired some people to do some things that perhaps they wouldn´t be thinking about doing.´´ מאתר YAHOO TENIS
EASTBOURNE, England (AP) -- Martina Navratilova´s short-lived return to singles is over, but not before she showed she can still compete with players nearly half her age. The 45-year-old Navratilova lost 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 to third-seeded Daniela Hantuchova -- a player 26 years younger -- at the Eastbourne grasscourt championships Wednesday. On Tuesday, playing her first tour singles match in eight years, Navratilova beat Tatiana Panova 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, becoming the oldest woman to win a WTA match. ``I´ve always taken it one year at a time and I don´t know if I´m even playing next year,´´ Navratilova said after her loss. ``But I have no plans to play singles again. This really was a one-off. ``It was fun and I think that I showed I had a good time out there and I played some good tennis. I think that I showed that I can keep pace and stay with these girls. I won a match and lost a three-setter to a player ranked 13.´´ Navratilova said she hopes the crowd enjoyed seeing her back on center court. ``I´ve had my run and this is just a bonus for me,´´ she said. ``I think a lot of people enjoy watching this kind of tennis. I just hope I inspired some people to do some things that perhaps they wouldn´t be thinking about doing.´´ מאתר YAHOO TENIS