For the first time in almost nine months, Maria Sharapova played tennis in front of tennis fans, joining a high-profile World Team Tennis Smash Hits charity exhibition played on a specially-constructed tennis court at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Look at this setting for tonight's #WTTSmashHits #Vegas pic.twitter.com/JXbT0LdbFX
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) October 10, 2016
Refreshing the courts in her lovely Nike Fall Premier Maria Tank that the doping ban prevented her from wearing at the US Open, Sharapova was in the elite company of Mardy Fish, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Liezel Huber, Mark Philippoussis, Taylor Johnson and Andy Roddick, who were divided into two teams coached by Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King in a WTT match.