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Maria Sharapova of Russia in action against Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium during day six of the BNP Paribas Open tennis at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 14, 2015 in Indian Wells, California.
Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has been handed a wildcard for the Madrid Open in May just weeks after completing a 15-month ban for doping, organisers confirmed on Wednesday.
The Russian who won the French Open for her fifth Grand Slam in 2014 - shortly after winning the Madrid Open that year - plans to make her return to the circuit in Stuttgart on April 26.
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