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Maria Sharapova Is Denied Entry Into French Open

French Tennis Federation president Bernard Giudicelli announced on Tuesday that the federation would not grant a wild-card entry into the French Open to Maria Sharapova.

The federation also declined to offer Sharapova, a two-time French Open singles champion, a wild card into the qualifying tournament.

Sharapova returned to the tour last month after a 15-month suspension for a doping violation. Her suspension, initially a two-year ban, was reduced on appeal last year by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which ruled that she had not doped intentionally but was not without fault.

Despite the opposition of some players, Sharapova has received main-draw wild-card entries into regular tour events in Stuttgart, Germany; Madrid; and Rome.