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Sharapova outlasts Azarenka, into final

As Maria Sharapova celebrated her return to the French Open final, she let loose one last scream - a happy one. Ref. Source 3

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Maria Sharapova defeats Simona Halep to win French Open title

The 27-year-old Russian won 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 for her second French Open title and fifth Grand Slam. Ref. USAToday

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Tennis star Maria Sharapova says she failed a drug test at the Australian Open.

In a news conference in Los Angeles, she said she had been taking the drug meldonium since 2006 and didn't realize that it became a banned substance by the World Anti-Doping Agency at the start of 2016. Ref. CNN.

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Maria drug failure 'far shadier than it seems'

MARIA Sharapova's story sounded entirely plausible in her bombshell press conference. But as soon as you delve deeper, her drug test failure becomes murky. Ref. Source 1o.

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Maria Sharapova receives two-year suspension for use of banned substance

The five-time Grand Slam winner revealed in March she tested positive for meldonium at the Australian Open. Sharapova, 29, has been serving a provisional suspension from the International Tennis Federation since the announcement and had a hearing with the organization last month. She is eligible to return in January of 2018. Ref. USAToday.

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Maria Sharapova isn't taking the decision likely and has already vowed to challenge it but I don't think much will come of it.

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Post Era Doping in former Soviet countries. Anything to maintain the edge or regain the edge. What people won't do to remain at the top of their game.

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To be fair to Maria the substance she took wasn't originally on the ban list and was only added after wards so her claimed ignorance may have been genuine.