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Vadisova to quit tennis at age twenty

Updated at 6:10 am on 18 March 2010

The former Australian Open semi-finalist Nicole Vadisova has announced she is quitting tennis at the age of 20.

The Czech former world number seven's decision was announced by her stepfather and former coach Ales Kodat to the Czech daily Sport newspaper.

The say Vadisova is fed up with tennis and understandably so as she started playing at a very young age.

Vaidisova, who was seventh in the world in May 2007 before sliding to her current 176th spot, won her first WTA tournament in Vancouver in 2004 at the age of 15 years and three months.

Overall, Vaidisova has won six tournaments and reached the semi-finals at the French Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2007.

Kodat says she had turned down a wild card to play in Miami starting on March the 23rd.

He also confirmed Vaidisova would soon marry her 31-year-old compatriot Radek Stepanek, the world number 17.

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