Maria Sharapova retired with injury in her second-round match in Rome, just hours after she was denied a wild card for the French Open, while defending champion Andy Murray crashed to a heavy defeat in his opener against Fabio Fognini. "I apologise for having to withdraw from my match with a left thigh injury," Sharapova said in a statement. Sharapova's exit merely intensified the spotlight on the Russian after the French tennis federation (FFT) elected not to award her a wild card into either the Roland Garros main draw or qualifying. "You can get a wild card when you return from injury but you cannot get a wild card when returning from a doping suspension," FFT president Bernard Giudicelli said in an internet media conference. I had some good exchanges, some good games with rallies and it felt right, especially in the second set," Djokovic said.

Source: dna May 17, 2017 00:11 UTC