While Maria Sharapova is still waiting to hear if she can play at the French Open, world number one Andy Murray has said that he expects the Russian tennis player to receive a wildcard for Wimbledon qualifying if she fails to make it through her ranking. The five-time Grand Slam champion had earlier also received wild cards for Madrid (May 7-13) and Rome (May 15-21) tournaments. "I think there's a good chance Wimbledon would give her one (a wildcard) to get into qualifying," Stuff.co.nz quoted Murray as saying. said Murray while attending an event for June's Aegon Championships tournament at the Queen's Club in London. Sharapova can only qualify for the main draw of the Wimbledon if she manages to reach the semifinals of either the Madrid or Rome tournaments.

Source: dna May 03, 2017 14:15 UTC