The main soil tournament of the season will be held without the Russian Maria Sharapova. The organizers of the French Open decided not to give out to Maria Sharapova wild-card either in the main grid of the competition, or even in the qualification of the tournament. Thus, the Russian will miss the first Grand Slam tournament after a fifteen-month suspension for the use of banned substances. Recall that the gossip about the correctness of the issuance of wild-card Sharapova to various tournaments have been going on for a long time. The organizers of the competitions in Stuttgart, Madrid and Rome decided not to pay attention to the indignation of the tennis community and, for the sake of ratings and increased financial profit, issued special invitation to the Russian woman. In turn, the bosses Roland Garros abandoned this practice and did not give Maria wild-card out of sporting interests:

"My duty is to protect tennis from suspicious results. Roland Garros was and will be transparent. We need to respect the sport, "- said the president of the French Tennis Federation Bernard Giudicelli. It is worth noting that the 30-year-old Russian woman is a two-time winner of the French Open (2012, 2014). Earlier iSport. Ua reported that Roger Federer decided to miss Roland Garros.

Original article: Sharapova did not receive a wil-card and will not play at Roland Garros.