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Former world number one tennis player Andre Agassi has confessed to using crystal methamphetamine during his career and lying to the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) after testing positive.

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Japan’s Ayumi Morita abandons the match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the Italian Rome Masters tennis tournament in Rome, Monday, May 4, 2009. Morita lost 6-0 the first game and then retired.