Sharapova 26 April tournament in Stuttgart resumed her career after a 15-month pause, associated with the delivery of a positive doping samples for Meldonium and the subsequent long-term suspension.
Not to depend on the decision of the organizers of Roland Garros, Sharapova needed to win the tournament in Stuttgart, but titled Russian athletes lost in the semifinals and failed to gain the necessary points for getting into the qualification.
“I’m sorry, but Maria will not compete at Roland Garros. We can’t give wild card players, who return after injury, but not after the doping disqualification. We must respect the spirit of fair play. Glad to see Sharapova at Roland Garros, when she gets to the tournament by rating,” – said the President of Federation of tennis of France Bernard Giudicelli.
Are unable Maria Sharapova to get into the main draw and at Wimbledon. The Russian on tournament in Stuttgart (the semi-final defeat by Kristina Mladenovic), Madrid (second round, defeated by Eugenie Bouchard) and Rome (second round, injury and loss to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni) scored only 310 points and managed to climb to 171 th position in the WTA rankings. This is only enough for the performance in the qualifying tournament.
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