FILE PHOTO - Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm watches the ball during a training session at Melbourne Park January 18, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Kimiko Date has no immediate plans to turn to tennis coaching but is keen to contribute in some other way to the sport she quit last month, the 46-year-old said.
The former world number four retired for good after her first round loss in the Japan Women's Open two weeks before her 47th birthday, ending a career that began in 1988, included eight WTA title wins and a comeback after a 12-year hiatus.
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