MASON, Ohio — The United States Tennis Association has awarded Maria Sharapova a wild card to enter the main draw of this year’s United States Open, which will be her first Grand Slam tournament since serving a 15-month suspension for doping.
Sharapova returned to the WTA Tour after her ban expired in April, but she was not offered a wild-card spot by French Open officials and missed Wimbledon after pulling out of its qualifying tournament with an injury. Sharapova was suspended last year after testing positive for the heart medication meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open, the first tournament she played after the drug had been banned.