Maria Sharapova denied French Open wild card

TIL Desk Sports/ Two-time champion Maria Sharapova will miss Roland Garros this year after the French tennis federation denied her a wild card, FFT president Bernard Guidicelli said on Tuesday.

The former world number one, who only returned from a 15-month doping ban last month, will sit out the French Open, which she won in 2012 and 2014, for the second year in a row.

“Nobody can deprive her of her two titles at Roland Garros, but today I can’t grant her the wild card requested,” Guidicelli said on Facebook Live.

 “The titles won here, she won within the rules without owing anything to anyone. “While wild cards exist for players returning from injury, there is nothing for a return from a doping ban,” he added.