Previous world number one Maria Sharapova will discover on 16 May on the off chance that she has been given a special case for the French Open. The 30-year-old Russian’s 15-month boycott for utilizing meldonium closes on Wednesday when she plays in the first round of the Stuttgart Open as a special case passage.
French league president Bernard Giudicelli said he would call Sharapova before the choice is made open on Facebook at 18:00 BST. Sharapova is a two-time champ at Roland Garros, which begins on 28 May. Giudicelli added: “The tournament is bigger than the players.”
The five-time Grand Slam champion honed on Wednesday morning interestingly since her boycott, before her match against Italy’s Roberta Vinci.
Vinci has scrutinized the choice to give the Russian trump cards, however it has been guarded by WTA boss Steve Simon, who said it is with regards to how previous dopers are dealt with in different games.
Notwithstanding Stuttgart, Sharapova has been allowed special cases by the coordinators of the occasions in Madrid and Rome.
She doesn’t have a world positioning after her focuses terminated amid her suspension and would need to achieve the last in Stuttgart to be qualified for French Open qualifying.
Sharapova is probably going to be given a wildcard into qualifying at Roland Garros as opposed to the competition’s primary draw.
In the interim, the prize cash for the French Open has been expanded by 12% to 36 millions euros (£30.5m).
The champs will win 2.1 million euros each, a 100,000-euro increment from 2016, with first-round failures procuring 35,000 euros.
