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Maria Sharapova has once again got a wild card  by the organisers of the Rogers Cup which will be held in the month of August in Toronto.

Sharapova returned to the court last month after  15-month suspension when she tested positive for a banned substance at last year’s Australian Open.

The Russian player so far has got three wild cards to play WTA events.

Sharapova reached the semi-finals of her first comeback match in Stuttgart. Shockingly she was denied a wild card for the French Open

The Russian reached the semi-finals of her first event back on the tour in Stuttgart but was surprisingly denied a wild card for the French Open, the tittle which she has won twice 2012 and 2014.

Sharapova is one of the biggest names in the Tennis world and will try to qualify for the Wimbeldon in July and has been invited to play in the Toronto event that serves as one of the main warm-up tournaments for the US Open.

Rogers Cup tournament director Karl Hale called Sharapova a “fan favorite” with the 30-year-old saying she was keen to compete at an event she last played in 2014″I’m really looking forward to coming back to Canada,” Sharapova told reporters. “This is one of the biggest events of the year and I hope to play my best tennis that week.”

Canada’s top female player, Eugenie Bouchard remains one of Sharapova’s  haters and maintains the Russian “cheater” should have been banned for life and not welcomed back to tennis so enthusiastically.
The pair met in a feisty second round encounter in Madrid earlier this month with the 23-year-old Canadian emerging a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 winner.

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